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William Shakespeare

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William Shakespeare Notes


Why Shakespeare?


For ___________ years, Shakespeare has been considered the ___________________ ________________________ and ________________ in the English-speaking world. His ______________________ are produced ____________________ of times each year in ___________________ all over the _________________, and audiences today are as _________________ as the ones who first attended them in _________________. His plays are filled with _________________, ___________________, _____________________, _________________________-_____________________, and ____________________-____________________ _________________________, sometimes all within the bounds of the play. His plays are _____________________.

The _________________ in Shakespeare’s plays are __________________ in all ___________________ of human experience. Some are ____________ people who do not know they are ___________. A few of them are ________________. Some are truly _________________________ people, good but with ____________ in character which lead them to ____________________. Some are ________________ embracing _______________ with a __________________, and others are _______________ who spend their lives in ________________ and ______________. They represent all the varieties of ____________________, _____________________, and _________________________ that exist in humankind.

______________________________ was a master of our complex English language, and he filled his ________________ with _______________ and _________________ in a way _____________________ by any other _____________________. He wrote with an incredible ______________________ of over __________________ words, which is astounding when one considers that the King James Version of the Bible uses slightly over ___________________. Many of those words are used in sophisticated ________________ and ___________________________, yet he wrote for the _____________________, as well as the _______________________. The _____________________ of Shakespeare is rich beyond that of any other ____________________.


About The Author


William Shakespeare was born into a reasonable well-to-do family. His father, _____________ Shakespeare, was an established ________________________ in ___________________-_________-___________ who dealt in ___________ and __________ ____________ and who rose in town importance from being _____________________ and _________________ to _________ ____________, much like being a ________________ today. William Shakespeare’s mother, _________ ______________, came from a prominent Catholic family, although there is no evidence to support a conclusion that during those ______________________ _______________ times Shakespeare himself was ever a secret __________________.

William Shakespeare was almost certainly born in the house now known as _______ _____________________. It was custom to baptize a child __________ days after birth, and since church records at __________ ___________________ _________________ in _______________ show his baptism to have been _____________________, he is assumed to have been born ______________________. The only records kept of births, marriages, and deaths were those kept by the ___________________. He is believed to have attended in the _________-_______________ building which still stands in ______________________, and some think he _______________ there for a short time, as well. He married ____________ ___________________ when he was _______ and she was ______. They became the parents of _________ children--__________________, and two years later, twins _______________ and __________________.

No one knows for sure what Shakespeare did from __________ to _________. He was mentioned as being an “____________ _____________” by a jealous rival dramatist in _______________. His first ___________ plays were “______________,” “___________________________,” and “_________________________________.” The theaters of London were closed between the years of _________ to _________ because of the __________________ _________________, and during this time Shakespeare wrote his poem “__________________________________” and began writing _________________.

In _________ the plague was over, and Shakespeare helped form the _____________ _________________________ __________ which became London’s premier ____________ company in which he was both ____________ and _______________________. _______________ ______________________ placed the company under her _____________________. This was very important because a religious group called the ___________________ was trying to shut down the _________________ for being ____________ and attracting the wrong sorts of ________________. The queen loved the _________________ and the __________, so Shakespeare’s company was able to enjoy _____ productive years until her death in _________. At that time, _________________________ continued royal patronage, and thereafter the company was known as _______________________.

Shakespeare’s plays and poetry were very _________________, and from the beginning of his ___________________ until his ____________ in __________, he wrote ____________ plays, ___________ sonnets, and other poetry. Around ________ he left ___________ for good and _____________ to his home in ________________ where he became an important member of the local gentry. In _______ he collaborated with ____________ _____________ on “__________________,” “_________________________________,” and a play, which has since become lost, named “___________________.” He died on __________________ in _______________.

Attending Shakespeare’s Theater

Attending the theater in Shakespeare’s time was very different from attending it now, and Shakespeare’s theater, the _______________, was unlike any modern one. It was probably ________________, or nearly so, and the roof covered only the outside galleries; thus, many who went to see the plays got ________ in the frequent London _______________. The stage _____________ out into the _____________ and the ___________________ were surrounded on three sides by people who _____________ to see the performance.

Nearly _____________ the theater-goers stood on the _____________ around the stage; they were called “______________________,” and they were a ____________ bunch, _________________, _____________________ and _________________ out anything which took their fancy at the moment. People paying higher prices got _________________ in the galleries and a ____________ to keep out of the rain.

No one went to the theater at __________________. There were no _____________ stage lights, and the stage was in the _______________ of the audience, __________________ by the sun. There was no _______________ and very few ________________. There were no _____________________ except for any which the ____________________ acquired for themselves, so there might be all manner of ______________ and _________________ of dress on the stage at one time.

Today no courteous theater-goer would think of walking around while a play was on, but Shakespeare’s audiences, especially the groundlings, made no pretense of __________________, and the ____________________ who, after all, had been an ____________ himself, knew he had better write a play filled with action and good stories or he would soon lose the _________________ of his audience. Shakespeare’s plays were _________-___________ with all sorts of ____________ ______________ and __________________.

In Shakespeare’s time no ________________ or _______________ acted in plays, which is probably the main reason there are many more ____________ than _______________ parts in his plays. For a ___________ to act in a play would have been a ___________________ and serious _____________ of ______________ __________________. Women were played by ____________, and girls and young women were played by young __________ or _________ who were carefully taught by the older actors. Only later in the ________ century did women and girls act, and even then an actress was considered somewhat _____________ and her character a little _____________.

In _______ the old ____________ ________________ burned to the ground after being set on fire by a ________________ from a ______________ during a performance of “_________________.”


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