Shakespeare Bio

Question 1

where was he born

Answer 1

stratford on avon 04/23/1564

Question 2

father’s name/job

Answer 2

john, glovemaker

Question 3

mother’s name

Answer 3

mary arden

Question 4

lasting effects did stratford and surrounding countryside have

Answer 4

many affects on nature

Question 5

whom and when did he marry

Answer 5

anne hathaway, 1582

Question 6

children’s names

Answer 6

susanna, hamnet, judith

Question 7

when did he leave stratfor

Answer 7

22

Question 8

why didnt his wife come

Answer 8

she was a puritan

Question 9

how did shakespeare prosper

Answer 9

admissions to the plays

Question 10

earliest literary success

Answer 10

venus and adonis, rape of lucrece

Question 11

reference books

Answer 11

metamorphisis, lives, chronicles

Question 12

how many plays did he write

Answer 12

37

Question 13

name of acting company

Answer 13

lord chamberlains’ men

Question 14

reputation in london

Answer 14

good, nice, quiet, loyal

Question 15

when did he retire and where did he go

Answer 15

1610, new place

Question 16

when did he die

Answer 16

04/23/1616

Question 17

historic event that occured same time shakespeare arrived to london

Answer 17

defeat of the spanish armada

Question 18

effect of spanish armada

Answer 18

nationalistic pride

Question 19

effect to shakespeare’s plays

Answer 19

learn about historic plays

Question 20

advantage to young playwright that england embarked on an age of exploration

Answer 20

learn moer about the world, language lessons

Question 21

how shakespeare gained french knowledge

Answer 21

language lessons on the street

Question 22

renaissance affect people’s viewpoint of destiny/fate

Answer 22

believed they had a freedom of choice

Question 23

why did people put so much emphasis on skillfull use of language

Answer 23

believed it set man apart form animals

Question 24

role of queen elizabeth and her successor (james I)

Answer 24

loved the theater and held firm ideas

Question 25

name three early theaters

Answer 25

globe, the theater, props the swam

Question 26

name three ways in which presentation of plays from elizabethian times differ from modern day plays

Answer 26

male actors took female parts, props were few, costumes were elaborate

Question 27

five requirements of elizabethian actors

Answer 27

good memory, strong voice, expert fencers, good singing voice, acrobats