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birth |
april 23, 1564 |
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death |
april 23, 1616 |
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lived in (city) in (country) |
Stratford Upon Avon in England |
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wife and children |
Anne Hathaway, 3 kids |
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belonged to 2 acting companies |
1. The Lord Chamberlain's Men 2. The King's Men |
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his theater |
The Globe |
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he wrote three kinds of plays |
histories, comedies, tragedies |
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his works |
2 long poems 2 narrative poems 154 sonnets 37 plays |
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sonnet |
14 lines iambic pentameter |
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italian rhyme scheme |
ABBA ABBA CDE CDE |
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english/shakespearean rhyme scheme |
ABAB CDCD EF EF GG |
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The Globe was a (shape) |
circular shape |
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under the roof was (number) levels of (object) surrounding a (object) about (number) feet in diameter |
3 galleries yard 65 |
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the (object) was a (shape) platform occupying (number) of the (object). the (object) was open to the sky |
stage rectangular 1/3 yard yard |
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the (object) had a (object) |
main stage trap door |
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people who stood in the yard were called (name). they paid (price) for admission |
groundlings $.1 |
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performances were in the (time) before audiences of (number) |
afternoon 2000 |
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the plays moved at (rate) speed |
rapid |
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costumes were (description) |
elaborate |
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not much (object) was used. no (people) appeared on stage |
scenery women |
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the actor speaks words that the other characters on stage pretend not to hear |
aside |
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the actor is alone on stage speaking to himself ans revealing his inner thoughts and feelings |
soliloquy |