William Shakespeare

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William Shakespeare

• 11th Grade English
• Miss Brown

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Table of Contents
Click on a picture to discover Shakespeares World
Shakespeares Life
The Renaissance
The Globe Theater
The Plays
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The Renaissance

• Literally means rebirth
• Re-interest in Greek and Roman literature and art
• Began in Italy in the 14th century
• Some Renaissance artists include
• Christopher Marlowe, Edmond Spenser, Miguel de
  Cervantes, Michelangelo, El Greco, and William
  Byrd

The Mona Lisa. A well known piece of Renaissance
artwork painted by Leonardo Da Vinci
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Renaissance continued

• Queen Elizabeth I
• ruled from 1558 to 1603
• The Queen was a great patron of the arts
• Sponsored Shakespeare, Ben Johnson,
• Christopher Marlowe
• Inspired Spensers poem The Faerie Queen
• Many musical works and dances were created under
  her rule as well

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Shakespeares Life

• Born in Stratford-upon-Avon in April, 1564
• Father-John Shakespeare-local glover and merchant
• Mother- Mary Arden-local landed heiress
• Attended a local grammar school where he learned
  Latin and Greek
• Shakespeare never received a University education
• This has led to doubts over the authorship of
  many of his works

Shakespeares childhood home

• Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway on November
  28th, 1582
• Anne was 26 at the time and pregnant
• The couple had three children-Susanna, Hamnet,
  and Judith
• Hamnet died at the age of 11 in 1596

Shakespeares home where he lived with his wife
and children
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Shakespeare Continued

• Very little is known of Shakespeares life from
  1585-1592 The Lost Years
• However, he reappears in London in 1592 as an
  established actor in Pembrokes Men, and The Lord
  Chamberlains Men
• He performed many times in front of Queen
  Elizabeth I while with The Lord Chamberlains Men
• He died in 1616 and was buried in the Holy
  Trinity Church in Stratford
• His First Folio was published posthumously in
  1623

Shakespeares Grave Epitaph reads Good friend,
for Jesus' sake forbeareTo dig the dust enclosed
here.Blessed be the man that spares these
stones,And cursed be he that moves my bones.
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The Globe

• Built around 1594 in the Bankside District of
  London
• One of four main theaters in the area
• Along with the Rose, the Hope, and the Swan
• Open-air, octagonal amphitheater
• Three stories tall
• Held up to 3,000 audience members
• Stage was 43x28

A sketch of an Elizabethan playhouse
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The Globe Continued

• The original Globe burned down in 1613 during a
  production of Henry VIII
• It was rebuilt and continued operations until the
  Puritans shut it down in 1642
• The foundations were found in 1989 and a new
  Globe was built on the spot
• Queen Elizabeth II officially opened the theater
  in 1997 with a production of Henry V

The new globe stage modeled as closely as
possible after the original
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The Plays

• Shakespeares plays appeared in theaters around
  1592
• Some of the earliest include Henry VII, Part
  I,II,III and Titus Andronicus
• Other famous plays include Romeo and Juliet,
  Hamlet, Othello, Henry V, A Midsummer Nights
  Dream, and Twelfth Night
• Such famous Elizabethan actors as Richard Burbage
  and William Kemp were frequent players in
  Shakespeares company

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The Plays Continued

• Many of Shakespeares works are still just as
  popular today as they were then
• Numerous movie versions and reproductions have
  been produced over the years
• Baz Luhrmans Romeo Juliet (1996)
• Franco Feffirellis Hamlet (1990)

• Many famous actors of our day have played
  Shakespeares most memorable characters
• Kenneth Branagh
• Mel Gibson
• Laurence Fishburne
• Christian Bale
• Kate Winslet
• Brian Blessed

Kenneth Branagh as Hamlet
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Review Question

• Many of Shakespeares were not published until
  1623 in a volume called
• A.) The First Folio
• B.) The Faerie Queen
• C.) The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus

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Correct Answer!

• A.) The First Folio
• The First Folio was published in 1623 seven
  years after Shakespeare had passed away. It
  contained many of Shakespeares plays that had
  already been performed and many that had not been
  released.

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• B.) The Faerie Queen
• The Faerie Queen was a poem written by Edmond
  Spenser to honor Queen Elizabeth I

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• C.) The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
• Faustus was written by Christopher Marlowe
  around 1593. Christopher Marlowe was probably
  the most influential playwright besides
  Shakespeare. In other words, he was
  Shakespeares competition

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