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32 Cards in this Set
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was born on April 23,1564
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william shakespeare
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born in
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stratford-on-avon
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died April 23, 1564 in
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1616
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he was one of
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8 children
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at stratford grammar school he learned___ and studied Ovid's retelling of Greek and Roman mythology
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Latin
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he married ___ in 1582
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Anne Hathaway
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they had 3 kids : ___ and twins__-
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Susanna and twins Hamnet/Judith
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___were not highly respected in Shakespeare's time: local officials even closed theaters so that clerks and apprentices would not waste time there, especially since plays were performed only in the daytime
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actors
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officials also felt __-were spread there
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diseases
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theaters were closed during 1592-1594 during the years the ___ ravaged Europe
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bubonic plague
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In order to have support/protection of noblemen, many playwrights became part of theatrical groups. Shakespeare's group was called__
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Lord Chamberlain's Men
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Shakespeare's group later became- under the protection of King James
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King's Men
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Shakespeare is credited with writing- plays
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37
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Julius Caesar was probably written- based on writings of a Swiss visitor who wrote about the play
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1599
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shakespeare is buried in- in stratford
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holy trinity
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the first elizabethan stages were
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courtyard theaters
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the 1st permanent theater, was called-
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the theater
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the theater was built by- the son of john burbage who acted most of the great tragic parts in shakespeare's plays
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james burbage
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when the rent went up, James's son cuthbert and others took the theater apart/rowed across the river/reconstructed the theater and named it-
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the globe
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the rear part of the stage was called-
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the heavens
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shakespeare did not use elaborate
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settings
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until 1660 all actors were
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male
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as many as - people attended the plays
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3000
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the text for Julius Caesar was taken from an ancient biographical text called-
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the parallel lines
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much power in caesar's day was in the hands of
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generals
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caesar, pompey, who had married caesar's daughter by his first wife, and crassus founded- a 3 man govt
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first triumverate
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caesar roamed europe during the-
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gallic wars
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egypt is where caesar stayed for 9 months while bewitched by -
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cleopatra
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later after establishing cleo on the throne of egypt under his protection, caesar went to spain, where he defeated an army led by -
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pompey's sons
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caesar returned to rome and was declared-
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dictator
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he was dictator for- years
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10
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several senators feared caesar's growing popularity and made plans to assassinate him on -, the ides of march
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march 15th
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