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A Crash Course on Shakespeare:

A Crash Course on Shakespeare:. His Life, His Times, His Theater. Shakespeare’s World: The Elizabethan Age. 1558-1603 Poet Musician Linguist Patron of the Arts Invited artists to palace to entertain her court, including William Shakespeare.

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A Crash Course on Shakespeare:

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  1. A Crash Course on Shakespeare: His Life, His Times, His Theater

  2. Shakespeare’s World: The Elizabethan Age • 1558-1603 • Poet • Musician • Linguist • Patron of the Arts • Invited artists to palace to entertain her court, including William Shakespeare.

  3. Shakespeare’s World: The Renaissance 14th-17th century • French for “Rebirth” • Rebirth of art, music, science • Began in Italy and spread throughout Europe • Break away from Roman Catholic Church

  4. Famous Renaissance Artists • Michelangelo • Leonardo da Vinci • Donatello • …and all the other Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (j/k)

  5. Famous Renaissance Musicians • Music of Shakespeare = Baroque • Vivaldi (Italy) • Bach (Germany) • Handel (Germany)

  6. The Other Monarchs • King James I: 1603-1625 • Tragedies increasingly popular; was drama hungry king • 1625 – James I dies • Charles I ascends throne – not interested in drama • Lets Puritans and Parliament influence him to close theaters in 1642

  7. His Life: Birth • Born April 23, 1564 • Born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England

  8. His Life: Family • Dad = John, a glovemaker and local politician • Mom = Mary, daughter of wealthy landowner • Had 7 brothers and sisters

  9. His Life: Schooling • Thought to have attended Stratford Grammar School • Left school at 15 • No formal education

  10. His Life: Marriage • Married Anne Hathaway in 1582 • He was 18, she was 26 • Had one daughter and twins

  11. His Life: The “Lost” Years • 1585-1592 • Undocumented period of Shakespeare’s life • Theories: Shakespeare could have been tutor or joined traveling acting companies during this time

  12. His Life: London • 1592 = 1st mention of Shakespeare in London • Competition = Marlowe, Peele, Nashe • Performs early plays at Rose Theatre • Theatre closes due to plague, so he starts to write poetry • Patron = Earl of Southampton • Writes “Venus and Adonis” and “Rape of Lucrece”

  13. His Life: The Globe • 1599: Globe opens • Opens under the reign of Queen Elizabeth I • Burns down in 1613 but rebuilt in 1614 • Closes in 1642 under King Charles I. • Reconstruction of Globe built in 1997.

  14. His Life: Retirement and Death • Returns to Stratford in 1616 • Dies April 23, 1616 (Birthday?) • Buried at Holy Trinity Church

  15. His Life: His Legacy • Collection of his works published in what is known as First Folio • Published in 1623 • Has 36 of 38 plays • Includes comedies, histories, and tragedies

  16. His Legacy (cont) • plays firmly attributed to Shakespeare • 14 comedies – ends in marriage • Midsummer Night’s Dream, Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night, As You Like It, Much Ado about Nothing… • 10 histories – Richard III, Richard II, Henry IV… • 10 tragedies – ends in death • Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Othello… • 4 romances – Pericles, Cymbeline, Winter’s Tale, Tempest

  17. His Legacy - Today • Shakespeare coined over 1600 words still used today including countless, critical, excellent, lonely, majestic, obscene and its. • Names coined by Shakespeare: -         Imogen in the play Cymbaline, -         Jessica in the play The Merchant of Venice -         Miranda in the play The Tempest -         Olivia in the play Twelfth Night -         Cordelia in the play King Lear

  18. And finally… “If you cannot understand my argument, and declare "It's Greek to me", if your lost property has vanished into thin air, if you have ever refused to budge an inch or suffered from green-eyed jealousy, if you have played fast and loose, if you have been tongue-tied, hoodwinked or in a pickle, if you have knitted your brows, insisted on fair play, slept not one wink, laughed yourself into stitches, if you have too much of a good thing, if you have seen better days or if you think it is high time and that that is the long and short of it, if you believe that the game is up and that truth will out even if it involves your own flesh and blood, if you lie low till the crack of doom because you suspect foul play, if you have your teeth set on edge (at one fell swoop) without rhyme or reason - it is all one to me, for you are quoting Shakespeare!”

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