WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE His Life Time And Works CHILDHOOD

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE His Life, Time And Works

CHILDHOOD � Parents: John Shakespeare and Mary Arden � Birthday celebrated April 23, 1564 � Born in Stratford upon Avon � Attended the Stratford Grammar School

YOUNG ADULTHOOD 1582 Married Anne Hathaway She was 8 years older Three children Susanna Twins Judith Hamnet

THE TIMES Monarchy Queen Elizabeth 1558 -1603 King James 1603 -1625 The Plague

THE THEATRE All social classes attended No women on stage All parts played by men Including Juliet!

CAREER Actor Lord Chamberlain’s Men The King’s Men Playwright 38 plays Poet 154 Sonnets

THE GLOBE “Al l a st the w orld age ” is Built 1598 Made from the leased Black Friar’s Theater Burned during a performance of Henry VII Cannon Rebuilt and open to the public The Globe Website

THE GLOBE

THE COMEDIES � � � All's Well That Ends Well As You Like It The Comedy of Errors Love's Labor's Lost Measure for Measure The Merchant of Venice The Merry Wives of Windsor A Midsummer Night's Dream Much Ado About Nothing The Taming of the Shrew Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will The Two Gentlemen of Verona

THE TRAGEDIES Antony and Cleopatra � Coriolanus � Hamlet, Prince of Denmark � Julius Caesar � King Lear � Macbeth � Othello, the Moor of Venice � Romeo and Juliet � Timon of Athens � Titus Andronicus � Troilus and Cressida �

THE HISTORIES Henry IV, Part I � Henry IV, Part II � Henry VI, Part III � Henry VIII � King John � Richard III �

THE LATE ROMANCES � Cymbeline � Pericles � The Tempest � The Two Noble Kinsmen � The Winter's Tale

THE ASSIGNMENT � Create a Power Point Presentation for one of Shakespeare’s plays � You must research the characters, the plot, and themes. � Tell Miss Epsom and she will add them to her website if they are awesome

THE PLAYS REPEATED � Chose two plays from each of the following lists. � You will be assigned one of these choices. � Each student must research a different play.

THE COMEDIES � � � All's Well That Ends Well As You Like It The Comedy of Errors Love's Labor's Lost Measure for Measure The Merchant of Venice The Merry Wives of Windsor A Midsummer Night's Dream Much Ado About Nothing The Taming of the Shrew Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will The Two Gentlemen of Verona

THE TRAGEDIES Antony and Cleopatra � Coriolanus � Hamlet, Prince of Denmark � Julius Caesar � King Lear � Macbeth � Othello, the Moor of Venice � Romeo and Juliet � Timon of Athens � Titus Andronicus � Troilus and Cressida �

THE HISTORIES Henry IV, Part I � Henry IV, Part II � Henry VI, Part III � Henry VIII � King John � Richard III �

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