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Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet. It ’ s gonna change your life. Okay, maybe not, but. . . . we are going to have fun with it. . . .you will learn a lot of new things. . . . .you will be completing a rite of passage of sorts. So, let ’ s get started today with, the man, the myth,

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Romeo and Juliet

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  1. Romeo and Juliet

  2. Romeo and Juliet It’s gonna change your life.

  3. Okay, maybe not, but. . . • . . . we are going to have fun with it. • . . .you will learn a lot of new things. • . . . .you will be completing a rite of passage of sorts.

  4. So, let’s get started today with, the man, the myth, the legend. . .

  5. William Shakespeare

  6. William Shakespeare: His Life • Born April 23, 1564 baptized Apr. 26 • Died April 23, 1616 Born to John and Mary Arden Shakespeare in Stratford-on-Avon

  7. Shakespeare’s birthplace in Stratford

  8. A picture of me in Stratford

  9. Shakespeare’s Early Life Cont’d. His father was a glover by trade Shakespeare was educated at the local grammar school in Stratford until age 14 At that point he was likely apprenticed; maybe to a butcher, maybe to his father

  10. Shakespeare’s Grammar School

  11. Looking down a Stratford street, July 2006

  12. Shakespeare in Love Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway. He was 18. She was 26. Their daughter Suzanna was born 6 months later. Hmmmm. . . .

  13. Anne Hathaway’s Cottage

  14. A picture of moi at the Cottage

  15. A Cool Twig Vine Hut in the Hathaway Garden

  16. Shakespeare and Hathaway would have had to have a special licensure and admitted their sins before the church leaders • Twins Judith and Hamnet were born in 1584 • HamNET, not HamLET

  17. “The Lost Years” “The Lost Years” refers to the years following the children’s baptisms and prior to his emergence in theater. What was he doing? Where did he live? Some theories include: schoolteacher, training for a law career, sailor, unhappy marriage, working in London. Who knows?

  18. Shakespeare in London Emerged in London as an actor first, then playwright, then theater owner 1592-1594 Outbreak of the plague • Theaters were closed • London was filthy, rat infested, dangerous • Shakespeare wrote poetry, traveled in country • Plagues subsided, he returned to London

  19. Ring Around the Rosy • Some of you know this story. . .

  20. Originally, inspired by the Black Death: Ring a ring of rosy Pockets full of posy Achoo Achoo We all fall down!

  21. Shakespeare enjoyed a rich and rewarding career. He was a major stakeholder in the Globe Theater; he had many friends and colleagues, and he enjoyed renown and success before his retirement. What’s a stakeholder?

  22. The Lord Chamberlain’s Men 1594-1595 Part of prestigious acting company, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men who were frequently called to perform before the Queen Later, they were renamed, The King’s Men----King James was Queen Eliz. successor

  23. The End of Shakespeare’s Life • 1596 Hamnet died at age 11 from the plague. Shakespeare’s writing was thereafter different. • 1610 Shakespeare moved home to Stratford and retired at New Place • He died in 1616

  24. A plaque marking Shakespeare’s final home

  25. Interior of Holy Trinity Church • A lovely church in Stratford. • Shakespeare is buried inside. • His epitaph is up above the board, can you read it? • What does it mean?

  26. jhhghghghg

  27. The River Avon as in Stratford-on-Avon

  28. This is a swan.

  29. This is me with swans.

  30. Shakespeare: His Works • Great time to be an artist! (Thanks to the Queen) * Comedies * Histories * Tragedies *poetry--lyric and sonnets

  31. Shakespeare’s Themes • Universal subjects and themes: love, revenge, jealousy, ambition, betrayal, courage, justice • He blended supernatural with the natural • Action packed plays and often bloody (ie Titus Andronicus)

  32. Shakespeare: The Globe Structure octagonal, huts, heaven, hell, flag, balcony, galleries, the pit, inner stage, no curtain, sound effects scenery

  33. The New Globe under Construction

  34. The New Globe . . . on the bankside of the Thames River

  35. . . . Waiting to get inside.

  36. Shakespeare: The Globe The Crowd: Groundlings were raucous, drinking, heckling, eating, up against or on edge of stage People with more $ sat in the galleries, away from the groundlings

  37. The Globe: The Company • Leading men • Hirelings • Boys • Necessary qualities or skills: swordplay, stunts, singing, dancing, memory skills, expressive voices

  38. Me in the pit; an actor on stage doing odd warm up exercises.

  39. Ah, the balcony. . .

  40. He was not for an age, but for all time. Ben Jonson

  41. Some common phrases from Shakespeare: • “To eat one out of house and home.” • “Pomp and circumstance.” • “All the world’s a stage” • “It’s Greek to me!” • “Food fit for the gods” • “Parting is such sweet sorrow” • “If music be the food of love, play on”

  42. “To be or not to be” • “What’s in a name?” • “Good night, Sweet Prince” • “Something’s rotten in the State of Denmark.” • “Beware the Ides of March!” • “et tu, Brute?” • “Out, out, damned spot”

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