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Who is this Bard Guy Anyway?

Who is this Bard Guy Anyway?. Old Gaelic term meaning poet Shakespeare is the considered the best poet of ALL time. Well-known Facts about Will. Great writer of England Plays translated into all languages, musicals, ballets Born Stratford-upon-Avon Well-to-do, affluent while alive

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Who is this Bard Guy Anyway?

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  1. Who is this Bard Guy Anyway? • Old Gaelic term meaning poet • Shakespeare is the considered the best poet of ALL time

  2. Well-known Facts about Will • Great writer of England • Plays translated into all languages, musicals, ballets • Born Stratford-upon-Avon • Well-to-do, affluent while alive • Most quoted, other than the Bible

  3. Lesser-known Facts • Teen father: married pregnant 26 year old Anne Hathaway when he was 18 • Deadbeat dad: Left wife and children for London stage career • Father of twins • Elizabethan rapper: uses rhythm and rhyme • “Plagiarism” ?

  4. The Renaissance • 1500-1650 • “Rebirth” of arts, culture, science • Discovery of “New World” • Copernicus: Sun-centered Universe (1543) • King Henry VIII = renaissance man (ideal) • Reformation of Catholic Church

  5. Conditions in London-BAD! • Thames River polluted with raw sewage • Trees used up for fuel • Poverty

  6. Personal hygiene/health • Bathing considered dangerous • Body odor strong • Childhood diseases • Children often died before 5 years • Small Pox • Bubonic Plague

  7. Living Conditions • No running water • Chamber Pots • Open Sewers • Crowded

  8. Clothes • One set used all year long, rarely washed • Underclothing slept in, infrequently changed • Clothes handed down from rich to poor

  9. Marriage • 50 years old was considered a ripe old age • Girls married at 12-16 yrs and boys at 13-19 yrs • Marriage was a financial contract negotiated between parents. • The concept of marrying for love was for the most part completely foreign. Affection was supposed to come after marriage, if it came at all; people were not generally “in love” with each other at the time of their marriage.

  10. The Competition • Bear-baiting • Races • Gambling • Music • Drinking/socializing • Prostitution • Public executions

  11. Theater in London • Performed in courtyards of inns • The Theater-first public theater-1576 • Daytime/open air • Limited set design • Relied on music, sound, costumes, props and great description

  12. The Globe • Built in 1599 • Across the Thames- “Wrong side of town” • King’s Players - Shakespeare’s company • Penny admission

  13. Actors • All men • Female parts played by young boys • No actual kissing or hugging on stage

  14. The groundling • Poor audience member • Stood around stage in “the pit” • Women not allowed (had to dress up as men to attend) • Threw rotten vegetables at bad performances

  15. “Romeo and Juliet” • Tragedy w/ comedy?!? • Written in 1595 • Set in Verona, Italy • The love story by which all other love stories are measured!

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