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18 Cards in this Set
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When was the first performance of A Winter's Tale and The Tempest?
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1611
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What is the diameter of the Globe Theatre?
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Diameter Dimensions of the Globe - 100 feet in diameter
Circumference - 300 feet Height of the stage - 5 feet |
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When did Shakespeare die?
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April 23rd 1616
The SAME day that he was born! Nuts! |
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What was Shakespeare's acting company called when it was first formed? What was it called when they performed the Tempest?
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The Shakespeare acting troupe was originally called the "Lord Chamberlain's Men". Once King James took to the thrown they changed their name to "The King's Men" this was also when the Tempest was performed.
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Who wrote the poem that dedicated the first Folio of Shakespeare's work to Shakespeare?
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Ben Johnson
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Who is Ceres?
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Goddess of fertility and abundance of the Earth. Usually depicted with lots of wheat
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Who is Juno?
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The Goddess of the Institution of Marriage.
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Who is Iris?
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The Messenger Goddess and of Rainbows.
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Who was Simon Forman?
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He was an astrologer of the time and has one of the only accounts of both Macbeth and A Winter's Tale.
•His account about winters tale: nothing about statue scene or Hermonie coming back to life • Some people say Shakes. must not have had that scene in before the review and then changed it after the review. • Kiefer believes the scene was in the whole time before and after review and that Forman was just not the best of theater reviewers. |
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Who was Robert Greene?
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He created blank verse and also wrote "Pandosto" which is what "Winter's Tale" is based off of.
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What are the differences between Greene's "Pandosto" and "Winter's Tale"?
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In Pandosto: The King is motivated in his idea that his wife has had an affair.
WT: The king is in no way motivated, he just comes up with it out of no where. Pand: The Queen really dies, the King marries his daughter unknowingly, finds out and then kills himself. WT: Hermione is actually alive and everyone lives happily ever after. Shakes. also changed all of the names to more Greek names except Mopsa, is the only name he didn't change. Shakes. added 3 motifs: The vision of Antigonis, The shipwreck and the attack of the bear. |
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Who is Fulvia?
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Marc Antony's first wife. She is politically driven and dies within the first scene. It was her third marriage, it gives Antony the chance to reconcile with Caesar.
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Who is Mumallius?
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Hermione and Leontes son. He dies right after Apollo has cleared Hermione's name and Leontes still refuses not to believe anyone. He tells the Winter Tale to Hermione, foreshadowing his own death.
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Who is Sam Wanamaker?
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an American film director and actor, credited as the person most responsible for the modern recreation of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London.
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Who is Gonzalo?
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A character in the Tempest. The counsellor who helped Miranda and Properous escape to the Island. He represents the fascination with the new world in the Eng. culture.
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What is Masque?
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A form of entertainment that has been pop. for a while during King James's reign. Not really plays but they have dramatic feel to them. They are Quasi dramatic. They included Instrumental music, song, dance, elaborate costumes. Based off of Greek and Roman mythology.
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What is Satyr?
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half man half goat, symbolizes merriment, wine, and SEX
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What is a Harpy?
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Head of a woman with the body of a bird.
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