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Shakespeare Trivia
Honors English Freshman Year
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a common nickname for Shakespeare? | The Bard |
| What year was he born? | 1564 |
| What year did he die? | 1616 |
| Where was he born? | Stratford-on-Avon |
| What is Shakespeare credited with being? | Greatest writer in the history of English literature |
| What three kinds of playwrites was he known for? | comedies, histories, and tragedies |
| what was the era that Shakespeare was alive called? | The Elizabethean Age |
| What did the flags signify? | Whether or not a play would be performed and what kind of play it would be. |
| Describe the role of the lower class in the theater. | Lower classes (Groundlings) would stand in the put of the theater. Drinking and eating were permitted and they would feel free to boo/hiss/throw objects at the actors. |
| How were the lines read? | with exaggeration and quickly |
| What the place that became famous for hosting the majority of Shakespeare's plays? | The Globe theater |
| How much scenery was used? | Very little, and no changes |
| What time of day were the plays performed? | In daylight |
| What is an aside? | when an actor confides his true thoughts and feelings directly to the audience while the other actors on stage pretended not to hear. |
| What is a soliloquy? | an actor is alone on the stage and speaks aloud his private thoughts. |
| What were an actor's costumes used to signify? | their rank, profession, or affiliation |
| Who provided sound effects? | musicians |
| What sex performed roles? | Only male. |
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