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Random Facts about Shakespeare. None of Shakespeare’s plays in his own handwriting exist today. We only have several of his signatures on some documents, but some scholars believe this passage from the play, The Book of Sir Thomas Moore , is in his handwriting.
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None of Shakespeare’s plays in his own handwriting exist today. We only have several of his signatures on some documents, but some scholars believe this passage from the play, The Book of Sir Thomas Moore, is in his handwriting.
Shakespeare wrote 37 or 38 plays They are divided by modern editors into four categories: 13 Comedies 10 Tragedies 10 Histories 5 Romances
The Quartos Shakespeare’s plays began to be printed in 1594 as small, cheap pamphlets called quartos because of the way they were printed. Eighteen of Shakespeare’s plays had appeared in quarto editions by the time of his death in 1616. He had nothing to do with their publication.
The first Folio was published in 1623, 7 years after Shakespeare died. Some of what modern editors now call Romances were listed under the either Comedies or Tragedies in the First Folio. It contained 35 plays. Three more (Pericles, Two Noble Kinsmen, and Troilus and Cressida were attributed to him later.
More than 80 spelling variations are recorded for Shakespeare's name, from “Shappere” to “Shaxberd.
In the few signatures that have survived, Shakespeare spelled his name:“WillmShaksp,” “William Shakespe,” “Wm Shakspe,” “William Shakspere,” ”WillmShakspere,” and “William Shakspeare”—but never “William Shakespeare
Almost four hundred years after Shakespeare's death there are 152 million pages referring to him on Google.
Macbeth is thought to be one of the most produced plays ever, with a performance beginning somewhere in the world every four hours.
Words, Words, Words Shakespeare’s plays have a vocabulary of some 17,000 words, four times what a well-educated English speaker would have. Shakespeare used 27,870 different words out of 936,443 words in all. The average educated person today uses between 7,500 and 10,000 words. Scholars have speculated that Shakespeare coined somewhere around 1,500 words.
A. advertising B. bandit C. critic D. dickens E. epileptic F. film G. gossip H. hush I. investment J. jig K. kissing L. luggage M. manager N. numb O. obscene P. puke Q. quarrelsome R. rant S. shooting star T. torture U. undress V. varied W. wild-goose chase X. Xantippe Y. yelping Z. zany A to Z: Some words first used by Shakespeare
Some great words used by Shakespeare onion-eyed pestiferous pickthank rampallion sheep-biter skimble-skamble slug-a-bed thought-sick thwack tittle-tattle whirligig zounds • ambuscado • barber-monger • boiled-brains • chop-fallen • clodpole • facinerious • flibbertigibbet • hobby-horse • kicky-wicky • logger-headed • maltworm • nuthook
Shakespeare used over 75 different words for sexual intercourse including: • backtrick • business • juggling • husbandry • night-work • sport • tillage • tick-tack • tumble • voyage
Myths about Shakespeare’s Life He was a schoolteacher.
Myths about Shakespeare’s Life He was a schoolteacher. He was a deer poacher.
Myths about Shakespeare’s Life He was a schoolteacher. He was a deer poacher. He was a Catholic.
Myths about Shakespeare’s Life He was a schoolteacher. He was a deer poacher. He was a Catholic. He was a Jew.
Myths about Shakespeare’s Life He was a schoolteacher. He was a deer poacher. He was a Catholic. He was a Jew. He helped write the King James Bible.
Myths about Shakespeare’s Life He was a schoolteacher. He was a deer poacher. He was a Catholic. He was a Jew. He helped write the King James Bible. He was unhappily married.
Myths about Shakespeare’s Life He was a schoolteacher. He was a deer poacher. He was a Catholic. He was a Jew. He helped write the King James Bible. He was unhappily married. He was Italian and fled Italy to avoid the Inquisition.
Myths about Shakespeare’s Life He was a schoolteacher. He was a deer poacher. He was a Catholic. He was a Jew. He helped write the King James Bible. He was unhappily married. He was Italian and fled Italy to avoid the Inquisition. During the “lost years” he visited Italy.
Myths about Shakespeare’s Life He was a schoolteacher. He was a deer poacher. He was a Catholic. He was a Jew. He helped write the King James Bible. He was unhappily married. He was Italian and fled Italy to avoid the Inquisition. During the “lost years” he visited Italy. He was an Arab named “Sheikh Speare.”
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It is more important to get kids to like Shakespeare than it is to get them to understand every word.
The best way to get kids to like Shakespeare is by getting them to perform Shakespeare.
Performing Shakespeare does not mean having students sit at their desks reading out loud, or having students stand in front of the room reading out loud, or the teacher acting out scenes for the class.
Sometimes it is better to do just part of a play rather than the whole play.
The best way to use video may not always be showing the tape or DVD from the beginning to the end.
A few tricks and gimmicks are not enough to make a Shakespeare learning experience significant.
Studying Shakespeare’s life doesn’t really help students understand the plays.
Designing Globe Theaters out of sugar cubes and Popsicle sticks, making Elizabethan newspapers, designing costumes, doing a scavenger hunt on the Internet, or doing a report on Elizabethan sanitary conditions has nothing to do with a student’s appreciation of Shakespeare’s language.
O int. Expressing (according to intonation) surprise, frustration, discomfort, longing, disappointment, sorrow, relief, hesitation, etc. Used mainly in imperative, optative, or exclamatory sentences or phrases, as in O take me back again!, O for another glimpse of it!, O the pity of it!, O dear!; often also emphatically in O yes, O no, O indeed, etc The Oxford English Dictionary
Subtext sub⋅text /ˈ–noun the underlying or implicit meaning, as of a literary work.
Tone A particular quality, pitch, modulation, or inflexion of the voice expressing or indicating affirmation, interrogation, hesitation, decision, or some feeling or emotion; vocal expression. --TheOxford English Dictionary
