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Shakespeare & Globe
Review for Shakespeare, Sonnets, and The Globe Theatre
Question | Answer |
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Shakespeare was born and died on this day ________ | April 23 |
William Shakespeare was a poet, playwright, and ________. | actor |
During Shakespeare's time, _________ were actors. | males |
Shakespeare was born in ___________. | Stratford-Upon-Avon |
Shakespeare wrote comedies, histories, and _________. | tragedies |
Plays were performed during the day because ____________ was needed. | daylight |
Shakespeare wrote ________ plays. | 34 |
___________ were people who paid a penny to stand in the pit. | Groundlings |
Romeo and Juliet is a play about __________ lovers. | star-crossed |
Plays were announced by the sound of a __________. | trumpet |
A line of poetry with 10 syllables following an untressed, stressed pattern is called ________________. | iambic pentameter |
Any two syllables that are unstressed, stressed is called a(an) ________. | iambic foot |
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG is the rhyme scheme of a _______________. | sonnet |
A sonnet must have ______ lines. | 14 |
This “chamber” was used for most of the bedroom and balcony scenes. | upper stafe |
Where the main action of the play took place, especially outdoor scenes of battlefields, forests, and cityscapes. | main stage |
Actors playing ghosts or witches could rise or descend through this door built into the main stage. | trap door |
Three seating sections. | gallery |
Signifies which type of play was being performed. | flag |
Dressing and storage rooms. Actors rested here between scenes and changed into costumes. The doors also served as exits and entrances for the actors. | tiring house |
Consisted of a canopy supported by pillars and a hut on top. | heavens |
Audiences paid one penny to stand here and watch the performance, rain or shine. | open yard |
This stage was used mostly for indoor scenes. It had a curtain that could be opened or closed for scene changes. | innerstage |