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Shakespeare

Shakespeare. The life and times of the bard. A Quick Review. What is going on? Queen Elizabeth and King James Bubonic Plague Renaissance Literature & Theatre Religiously Stable Life Expectancy is 30 yrs. (1/2 of all kids die by 15) People have become more urban and less rural

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Shakespeare

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  1. Shakespeare The life and times of the bard

  2. A Quick Review • What is going on? • Queen Elizabeth and King James • Bubonic Plague • Renaissance • Literature & Theatre • Religiously Stable • Life Expectancy is 30 yrs. (1/2 of all kids die by 15) • People have become more urban and less rural • 1 in 8 live in London

  3. William Shakespeare’s Family • Grandfather: Richard Shakespeare • Owned land in Snitterfield • Near the Avon river • 95 miles north of London • Farmer • Relatively Poor • Catholic

  4. William Shakespeare’s Parents • John Shakespeare • Moved to Stratford • Jobs • Glover/Leatherman • Moneylender • Important Governmental Posts • 1556: Ale Taster • 1558 Constable • 1561 Burgess then Chamberlain • 1564 Alderman • 1567 Mayor

  5. John and Mary with a Baby Carriage • John meets his distant relative Mary Arden • They marry in 1557 • They have 8 kids • 4 daughters • 4 sons • Tries to get a Coat of Arms to prove legitimacy • Lots of money • Catholic past? • A year before his death he gets the coat of arms

  6. Shakespeare Coat of Arms

  7. William Shakespeare’s Family Tree Richard Shakespeare Robert Arden John Shakespeare Mary Arden Joan Margaret William Joan Anne Gilbert Richard Edmund Joan #1 and Margaret died as babies. William and Edmund were both actors

  8. Shakespeare’s Immediate Family William Shakespeare Anne Hathaway Susanna Hamnet and Judith

  9. William Shakespeare’s Birthplace

  10. Shakespeare’s Early Years • Baptized April 26th 1564 • Born in Stratford-upon-Avon • Not much is known about Shakespeare’s childhood • He grew-up as the oldest child of John and Mary Shakespeare • Attended King’s New School aka King Edward VI grammar school • Decent education for the time • Age 7-14

  11. The King’s New School

  12. What is next for Willie Shakespeare? • The next record of William is his marriage to Anne Hathaway • ODD!!! • She was 26 and he was 18 • Most marriages at this time men were 15 years (on average) older than the woman • Anne had Susanna 6 months after marriage! Does the math add up???

  13. The Beginning of a Career • 1585-1592: The Lost years • 1592: William joined a London based theatre company. • First record is a critic making fun of Shakespeare’s writing and accusing him of reaching beyond his station. • 1594 Shakespeare wrote solely for The Lord Chamberlain’s Men • 1599 The Globe was built

  14. The Globe was a theatre in England

  15. A view of The Globe stage

  16. The Globe: looking down from the top

  17. A diagram of the old Globe An old drawing of the old Globe

  18. Let’s Talk About The Globe • Home of The Lord Chamberlain’s Men • The theatre company owned the theatre but not the land • When the lease ran out there were disputes • The men took the building apart and reassembled it across the river. • It resided there until it burned down during a production of Henry VIII

  19. Let’s Talk About The Globe • They rebuilt the Globe before Shakespeare’s death. • The Puritans leveled it to build tenements • The Theatre foundation was discovered in 1989 • A modern day Globe was built and opened by Elizabeth II. 394 years after the first Elizabeth reigned

  20. The Pit or Yard The Galleries The Lord’s Rooms The Gentlemen’s Rooms The Heavens The Tiring House The Stage Scenery Parts of The Globe

  21. The Pit/Yard • The area around the stage • There were no seats • The audience stood • Commoners also known as groundlings were here • These were the penny seats • Summer=Stinkards

  22. The Galleries • This is the three leveled covered seat around the stage • They had one entrance. • The second level above the stage is known as the Lord’s room. It was above the stage wall and were the best seats. This area was for the upper class • The rest of the second level was used for actors to act

  23. The Galleries Cont… • The rest of the area on the second level were known as the Gentlemen’s rooms • This was for the rich patrons that were not royal • The bottom level had a poor view • The top level often rained on • Sitting in the gallery cost more but you got a seat and you had some cover.

  24. The Globe’s Stage area • Above the stage was a roof supported by columns • This area was known as the heavens • Actors would use this to hide from the audience • This was symbolic of God(s) • The Tiring House: backstage storage area

  25. The Globe’s Stage • The stage itself was a frons scenae • It jutted out into the audience • The groundlings were all around the stage • The scenery was very minimal • There was some rigging • No electricity so all plays were during the day • The plays went on rain or shine

  26. Elizabethan Theatre • The Theatre houses were often closed due to the plague outbreaks • Men played Women’s parts • Unics • Had to please the Queen/King • Very Interactive

  27. Shakespeare’s Career • Elizabeth I dies • Her Cousin’s Son, James I becomes King. • Shakespeare’s theatre troupe becomes known as The Kings Men • He bought a large home in Stratford called “New Place” • He becomes FAMOUS as a writer • Still acts…including in peers plays • Playwriting slowed down in 1606

  28. Shakespeare’s Later Life • His last play was The Tempest • He died in Stratford on April 23rd 1616 at the age of 52 He wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets survived He created nearly 2,000 words in the English Language

  29. How Shakespeare Wrote • Iambic pentameter is the meter that Shakespeare wrote in • Characters almost ALWAYS spoke in iambic pentameter • The only exception is people of “low station”

  30. Iambic Pentamter Break Down • An iamb is a foot of poetry • It is unstressed/stressed (iambus) • Iambic pentamter is 5 of those feet together • ba-BUM / ba-BUM / ba-BUM / ba-BUM / ba-BUM • Example: • If mu- / -sic be / the food / of love, / play on

  31. What Shakespeare the TRUE author • Why is there a question? • Places • Nobility/Court • Education • Who could of written them? • Ben Jonson, Christopher Marlowe, the Earl of Derby, the Earl of Rutland, the Earl of Southampton, the Earl of Essex, Sir Walter Raleigh and of course, Francis Bacon • Why is the answer not conclusive? • Plays were published well after

  32. “Shakespeare’s” Plays Commedies All's Well That Ends WellAs You Like ItComedy of ErrorsLove's Labour's LostMeasure for MeasureMerchant of VeniceMerry Wives of WindsorMidsummer Night's DreamMuch Ado about NothingTaming of the ShrewTempestTwelfth NightTwo Gentlemen of VeronaWinter's Tale

  33. “Shakespeare’s” Plays • Tragedies Antony and CleopatraCoriolanusHamletJulius CaesarKing LearMacbethOthelloRomeo and JulietTimon of AthensTitus AndronicusTroilus and Cressida

  34. “Shakespeare’s” Plays • Histories CymbelineHenry IV, Part IHenry IV, Part IIHenry VHenry VI, Part IHenry VI, Part IIHenry VI, Part IIIHenry VIIIKing JohnPericlesRichard IIRichard III

  35. Shakespeare’s legacy Shakespeare contributed over 2,000 words to the English Language!!!

  36. accused, addiction, alligator, amazement, anchovies, assassination, backing, bandit, bedroom, bump, buzzers, courtship, critic, dauntless, dawn, design, dickens, discontent, embrace, employer, engagements, excitements, exposure, eyeball, fixture, futurity, glow, gust, hint, immediacy, investments, kickshaws, leapfrog, luggage, manager, mimic, misgiving, mountaineer, ode, outbreak, pageantry, pedant, perusal, questioning, reinforcement, retirement, roadway, rumination, savagery, scuffles, shudders, switch, tardiness, transcendence, urging, watchdog, wormhole, zany

  37. besmirch, bet, blanket, cake, cater, champion, compromise, cow, denote, deracinate, dialogue, dislocate, divest, drug, dwindle, elbow, enmesh, film, forward, gossip, grovel, hobnob, humour, hurry, impedes, jet, jig, label, lapse, lower, misquote, negotiate, numb, pander, partner, petition, puke, rant, reword, secure, submerge, swagger, torture, unclog

  38. aerial, auspicious, baseless, beached, bloodstained, blushing, circumstantial, consanguineous, deafening, disgraceful, domineering, enrapt, epileptic, equivocal, eventful, fashionable, foregone, frugal, generous, gloomy, gnarled, hush, inaudible, invulnerable, jaded, juiced, lackluster, laughable, lonely, lustrous, madcap, majestic, marketable, monumental, nervy, noiseless, oscene, olympian, premeditated, promethean, quarrelsome, radiance, rancorous, reclusive, remorseless, rival, sacrificial, sanctimonious, softhearted, splitting, stealthy, traditional, tranquil, unmitigated, unreal, varied, vaulting, viewless, widowed, worthless, yelping

  39. Pictures From • http://www.william-shakespeare.org.uk/education-of-william-shakespeare.htm • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare • http://www.davidclaudon.com/Elizabethan/globe.html • http://www.werkes.com/ThingsWeLike/Architecture/England/TheGlobeTheatreInterior.jpg • http://kellyheng.pbworks.com/f/Globe%20Theatre.jpg • http://virtual.clemson.edu/caah/shakespr/vrglobe/images/Hllrglbd.jpg • https://mswrede0708.wikispaces.com/file/view/images.jpg/31251719/images.jpg

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