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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare. FAST FACTS. BIRTH DATE: c. April 26, 1564 DEATH DATE: April 23, 1616 PLACE OF BIRTH: Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom Wrote 37 plays. THE GLOBE THEATER.

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William Shakespeare

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  1. William Shakespeare

  2. FAST FACTS • BIRTH DATE: c. April 26, 1564 • DEATH DATE: April 23, 1616 • PLACE OF BIRTH: Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom • Wrote 37 plays

  3. THE GLOBE THEATER

  4. The Globe Theater had a 1500 plus audience capacity. Up to 3000 people would flock to the theatre and its grounds • There was no heating in the Globe theatre. Plays were performed in the summer months and transferred to the indoor playhouses during the winter • The Globe was built in a similar style to the Coliseum, but on a smaller scale - other Elizabethan Theatres followed this style of architecture - they were called amphitheaters.

  5. Elizabethan theatres were also used for bear baiting, gambling and for immoral purposes • Many Londoners were strict Protestants - Puritans in fact, who abhorred the theatres and many of the people they attracted and in 1596 London's authorities banned the public presentation of plays and all theatres within the city limits of London. • Color coding was used to advertise the type of play to be performed - a black flag meant a tragedy , white a comedy and red a history.

  6. During the height of the summer the groundlings were also referred to as ' stinkards ' for obvious reasons • There were no actresses. Female characters had to be played by young boys. The acting profession was not a credible one and it was unthinkable that any woman would appear in a play. • Many of the boy actors died of poisoning due to the vast quantities of lead in their make-up

  7. Fire at the Globe Theatre broke out in June 29, 1613 • The second Globe Theatre was built shortly after in 1614 • The Puritans demolish the Globe Theatre in 1644. • The site of the old Globe theatre was rediscovered in the 20th century and a reconstruction of a New Globe Theatre has been built near the spot.

  8. THEATER TERMS • ACT • SCENE • DIALOGUE • TRAGEDY • PANTOMIME • PROPERTIES (PROPS) • ASIDE

  9. THE MAIN PLAYERS Characters in the Play

  10. Romeo • Juliet • Nurse • Friar Lawrence • Capulet • Lady Capulet • Mercutio • Tybalt • Benvolio • Paris • Lord Montague • Lady Montague

  11. SETTING • TIME· Renaissance (fourteenth or fifteenth century) • PLACE· Verona and Mantua (cities in northern Italy)

  12. MAJOR THEMES/ CONFLICTS • Love and its effects • Individual vs. Society • Fate/ Destiny

  13. Romeo & Juliet DECISIONS

  14. Boyfriends or girlfriends are more important than family.

  15. All teens should keep secrets from their parents.

  16. You should know someone for at least a year before you marry them.

  17. Teenagers do not know what true love really feels like.

  18. There is such a thing as love at first sight.

  19.  Your parents should approve of the people that you choose to date.

  20. Insulting Like the Bard Thou…

  21. PROLOGUE Two households, both alike in dignity,In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.From forth the fatal loins of these two foesA pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;Whose misadventured piteous overthrowsDo with their death bury their parents' strife.The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love,And the continuance of their parents' rage,Which, but their children's end, nought could remove,Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage;The which if you with patient ears attend,What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.

  22. Sources • http://www.veronafor2.com/verona.html • http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/globe-theatre-facts.htm • http://www.shakespeare-online.com/plays/numberofplays.html

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