Shakespear Flashcards
(28 cards)
When is Shakespeare birthday
April 23 1564
Where was he born
Small town called Stratford
How many siblings and where does he fit age wise with them
4th of 8 siblings. Oldest boy
Where did he go to school
Stratford free grammar school called the kings new school
Why might have his uprising childhood cause him to shape his writing
He was precocious as a kid who had early exposure to classical literature which must have caused a lifelong passion
How many people lived in Stratford
2000
What was Stratford surrounded with
Farms and forest
What did his dad do for work
Making and selling gloves
Why did his dad financial fall
He had crimes in moneylending
Did William go to college or work in a glove making shop
Glove making shop
How old was William when he married
18
Who is Anne Hathaway
Shakespeares wife who was 26 and already pregnant when they got married
What are his kids names
Susanna, Hamnet, Judith
Why are the late 1580s called the lost years
There was no big evidence relating how Shakespeare got to London from Stratford in those years
When did Shakespeare likely see his first play
5 years old. 1569
How did he get into theatre
The queens men came back in 1587 and needed another actor so he joined them
Early years plays and themes
Plays= the two gentlemen of Verona and the taming of the shrew and Henry VI and Richard III. Themes= comedy, transformations
When and why did theaters close
Bubonic plague from June 1592-June 1594
After the theaters closed what happened to him
Turned to writing poetry instead of plays. Composed 154 sonnets that eventually got published in Shakespeare sonnets book.
When did Shakespeare name become known
His name began to appear in the titles of pages and he became known in the late 1590s
Did any of his kids die. When and who
Only boy child named Hamnet died at 11 from the bubonic plague
What influenced hamlet
Hamnet dieing. So Shakespeare made a play called hamlet about a father son relationship
What did Queen Elizabeth I and King James have to do with him
They both loved theatre and were huge supporters of shakespeares plays. King James became the patron of Shakespeare company.
After king James took over the company what did they change the name too
From lord chamberlains men to kings men
