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Flashcards by LuckyPanda13, updated more than 1 year ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Shakespeare as a Sonneteer | Most of his Sonnets had circulated in manuscript since 1958 Thomas Thorpe published them in 1609 154 Sonnets |
| Shakespeare and the Chandos Portrait | Called the "Chandos" Portrait for the Duke of Chandos who owned it 21 3/4 in, x 17 1/4 in.; oil on canvas; oval shape Donated to the National Portrait Gallery in 1856 |
| Shakespeare and London | Lived in St. Helens Bishopgate, Surrey Bankside, Cripplegate Ward, Blackfriars Followed the players from the Theatre in Shoreditch to Globe in Southwark Theatres before Globe: the Curtain, Newington Butts, the Rose, and the Swan |
| Shakespeare and Schooling | No official records of his schooling Safe assumption: he attended Stratford Grammer School because of his father Also likely that he was forced to drop out due to familial financial problems |
| Shakespeare's Last Will and Testament | First draft: written before Jan. 25, 1616, wasn't signed until March His eldest daughter, Suzanna, was left almost everything He left his wife his "second best bed" and nothing else |
| Shakespeare and William Kempe | (1560-1603) Well-known actor, dancer, and clown Played Dogberry, Peter, Bottom, and other silly parts before leaving Lord Chamberlein's Men |
| Shakespeare and the Globe Theater | Opened in 1599 on Bankside in Southwark, London Burned down in 1613; rebuilt by 1614 Banned in 1642 because of Puritans |
| Shakespeare and Stratford-on-Avon | Born and baptized there Wife and children lived there while he lived in London Died there |
| Shakespeare and Lost Plays | Love's Labor Won: found in 1953, listed by Francis Meres and a bookseller's list in 1603 Cardenio: recorded twice by the King's Men in 1613 Ur-Hamlet: lost play of allusions by Thomas Nashe, Thomas Lodge, Philip Henslowe and others |
| Shakespeare and his Burial Place | Buried in Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon The church put a monument in the poets corner in 1740; his remains were not moved to Westminister Abbey where the statue is |
| Shakespeare and the Droeshout Portrait | First published in the First Folio in 1623 Based off of a poem by Ben Jonson Historians believe that the portrait was based off on another younger Shakespeare portrait |
| Shakespeare and Richard Burbage | Star actor of Lord Chamberlain's Men Played Hamlet, Othello, Richard III, and King Leer Born in 1567 |
| Shakespeare and the King's Men | 1603: Lord Chamberlain's Men became the King's Men at the rise of James I Shakespeare and Richard Burbage were the leaders Ceased to exist in 1642 |
| Shakespeare and the Blackfriar's Theatre | Located in Stauton, Virginia; originally the Shenandoah Shakespeare Express in 1988 Structurally based off of Shakespeare's actual Blackfriar's theatre Performs Shakespeare's plays as well as other playwrights of the English Renaissance |
| Shakespeare and the King Chamberlain's Men | Shakespeare had the role of actor, dramatist. and theater manager Group of actors that Shakespeare worked with for the majority of his career He wrote scripts for the plays and even acted in small roles (such as the Ghost in Hamlet) |
| Shakespeare the Actor | Began sometime before 1592, mentioned by Robert Greene's Goatsworth of Wit Greene called him out on being "jack of all trades but master of none" After his death, Greene apologized and said his fame was not common |
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