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Title: A Midsummer Night


1
A Midsummer Nights Dream
  • By
  • William Shakespeare

2
Before We Read The Play
  • We need to learn about Shakespeares time, the
    Elizabethan Era.

3
Meet the Elizabethans
  • Are they all named Elizabeth?

4
Named After Elizabeth I
  • Queen of England and Ireland from 1558 to 1603
  • Daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn
  • Protestant Queen
  • Longest reigning English monarch in two centuries
  • Called Glorianna and Good Queen Bess
  • Defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588

5
Who is Bloody Marys father?
  • Henry VIII was Bloody Marys father
  • Had 6 wives
  • Often executed his wives when he did not want to
    be married to them anymore
  • Her mother was Catherine of Aragon
  • Catholic
  • She is Elizabeths half-sister
  • She inherited the crown in 1553.
  • Her cousin was Mary Queen of Scots
  • Beheaded by Elizabeth for helping in plots to
    dethrone Elizabeth
  • Mother of Elizabeths successor, James I

6
In what year did England and Spain fight a famous
sea battle?
  • The British Navy defeated the mighty Spanish
    Armada in 1588.
  • Main causes of the battle included religious
    differences and English attacks on Spanish
    shipping. King Philip II of Spain invaded
    England.
  • The defeat made the British Navy the strongest
    and most powerful in the world.

7
How old was Shakespeare when he got married?
  • He was 18 years old.
  • Young enough to need his fathers permission.
  • His bride, Anne Hathaway, was 26 years old.
  • Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford,
    England.
  • He died in 1616.
  • He moved to London, without his family, to pursue
    his acting and playwriting career.
  • He owned a share of the Globe Theatre
  • This eventually made him wealthy enough to build
    a large retirement house in Stratford.

8
How many children did Shakespeare have? What were
their names? Which one had a name similar to a
character in one of Shakespeares plays? ?
  • Shakespeare had three children.
  • Two daughters
  • One son
  • Two daughters
  • Judith
  • Susanna
  • One son
  • Hamnet
  • Similar to the main character in the play Hamlet

9
How old was Hamnet when he died?
  • He died when he was 11 years old.
  • His twin sister lived to age 77.
  • Most Elizabethans died before they reached 40
    years old.

10
In 1601, why did all of Londons theaters close
down?
  • There was a highly contagious and deadly disease
    spreading through England and Europe the PLAGUE
  • It is believed that rats and their fleas were the
    culprits of the plague.
  • 50,000 people killed in England and Ireland
  • By putting large groups of people in close
    quarters, theaters hastened its spread.

11
Romeo and Juliet was first performed at the Rose
Theatre. Where was Hamlet first performed?
  • Hamlet was first performed in the Globe Theatre.
  • The Globe Theatre is the theater most associated
    with Shakespeare.
  • Shakespeare owned a share in the Globe.
  • The Globe burned down in 1613.

12
How is the Globe different from todays theaters?
  • Food/drink were on sale during the show
  • Audience was very rowdy
  • Open air
  • Lit only by sunshine
  • Bare stage
  • Seats onstage
  • Other differences
  • No bathrooms
  • No intermissions
  • No seats for some attendees
  • No women actors
  • Female parts were played by boys
  • Players needed govt permission to join a company

13
A group called the Puritans sought religious
freedom in 1620. Where did they go?
  • The Puritans left England on the ship the
    Mayflower.
  • They landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620.
  • There they met the Indians and had the first
    Thanksgiving.
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