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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare. Actors. All actors were males Actors had to have 3 skills: Fencing/Combat Dancing Good Voice Actors had 3 Demands from the audience: Murders and bloody scenes Certain poetry forms Loud and clear speaking

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William Shakespeare

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  1. William Shakespeare

  2. Actors • All actors were males • Actors had to have 3 skills: • Fencing/Combat • Dancing • Good Voice • Actors had 3 Demands from the audience: • Murders and bloody scenes • Certain poetry forms • Loud and clear speaking • Had many expectations: Performing many roles at once, having a good memory, and being active and athletic • They were held in disrepute at times. They were lumped together with unsavory groups; “Rogues, vagabonds, sturdy beggars, and common players.”

  3. Scenery/Setting/Props • Scenery: Little scenery, depended on audience’s imagination. • Setting: Outside during daytime, in “The Globe” • Props: Elaborate costumes, flags and banners, swords, trap doors, and sheep blood

  4. The Globe • Built in 1599 • AKA “the wooden O” • stage projected into a round courtyard • Audience sat in three tiers in a circular building surrounding the courtyard. • Main stage had an smaller inner stage with another stage above it • Burned down in 1613 • Shakespeare’s most famous plays were performed there

  5. Shakespeare’s Life • William’s birthday is celebrated on April 23 (1564) • 1 out of 8 children • Went to the local grammar school for boys • 1582: married Anne Hathaway • 1583: 1st child born (Susanna) • 1585: twins were born (Hamnet and Judith) • Went to London to seek future and became actor and playwright in 1592 • Retired in 1612 • Died on April 23, 1616

  6. Elizabethan Theater/Audience • Acting companies sat up stages in courtyards and inn-yards. • The stages were simple, allowing the audience to feel like a part of the action. • All of the stages also consisted of a large velvet curtain. • The Audience could either stand around the three sides of the stage or for a price they could sit in balcony seats. • The Audience could eat, drink, and mingle during the plays. • Elizabethan Audiences enjoyed graphic fights. • John Burbage created the first permanent theater in 1576 called “The Theater.”

  7. Poetic Style • Unrhymed IAMBIC PENTAMETER- an unstressed syllable follows a stressed syllable five times in a line. There is a weak beat and a strong beat. Duh-DUM Duh-DUMDuh-DUMDuh-DUMDuh-DUM • End-Stopped Line: Lines ending with a punctuation mark. • Run-on Line: Lines not ending with a punctuation mark. • Blank Verse: A verse that duplicates natural rhythms of English speech.

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