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36 Cards in this Set
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month day and year shakespear was born
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april 23 1564
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month day and year shakespear died
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april 23 1616
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who was queen during shakespears time?
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Elizabeth I (the first)
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what was shakespears hometown
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stratford
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what river was his town on?
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AVON
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who was Shakespears father?
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John
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what did shakespears father do
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glover
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what was shakespears moms name and maiden name?
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Mary Arden
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Who did shakespear marry and her maiden name
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Ann Hathaway
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How old was shakespear and his wife when they married
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He= 18
she= 26 |
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how many kids did they have
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3
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what were their kids names?
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A)Susanna
B)Judith C)Hamnet |
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what play did shakespear possibly name after one of his children?
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Hamlet
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did shakespear have siblings
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yes
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what romance language did shakespear study in grammar school
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latin
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where did shakespear go to seak his fortune
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London
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what was the thames?
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major river in london
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how many plays did shakespear write
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37
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what are the three catagories
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Comedy
Tragedies Histories |
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name one of shakespears plays besides Romeo and Juliet
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mid summers night dream, othello, hamlet, taming of the shrew, thwelth night, macbeth, julius ceasar
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what do we call the 14 line poems he wrote
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a sonnet
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what did they call the lady shakespear was obsessed with who brought him emotional unhappiness
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dark lady
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what devastating outbreak caused the closign of many plays/theaters during this time?
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bubonic plauge
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name shakespears theater
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the globe
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what happened to his theatre
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it burned down
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who played womens parts in the plays
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young men whose voices had not changed
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who were the kings men
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shakespears acting company
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what was new place
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the home/estate where shakespear retired
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who said "he was not of an age, but for all time."?
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ben johnson friend and critic
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what was the term for those who sat in the pit or on the ground to the plays
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groundlings
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besides and actor what else was shakespear
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Playwright, theater owner, and poet
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who was Henry VIII
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king on england and elizabeths father
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name one of his many wives
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catherine of aragon
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how was henry related to elizabeth
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henry was elizabeths father
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when were the plays performed? and why
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daylight hours, b/c there was no electricity
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what was "the renaissance" a time of?
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rebirth of literature, art, music etc...
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