Giant Shakepeare Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 2. Earl of Essex – The Earl of _________criticized the Lord Burgely and was executed by Queen Elizabeth.
  2. 3. the King after Queen Elizabeth’s death
  3. 5. Thomas _________ Judith’s husband
  4. 6. __________ Burbage played the hero in many of Shakespeare’s plays.
  5. 8. Will ________ was a comic actor who played Falstaff
  6. 14. Richard II is a about a man who has little ________ ability who becomes king.
  7. 16. the name of Shakespeare’s first daughter
  8. 19. Lord _________ Strange was the patron of the first theater Shakespeare worked for
  9. 21. a disease which killed one in five people in Shakespeare’s time
  10. 22. The Merry Wives of _________.
  11. 26. the town where Shakespeare was born.
  12. 27. King ________is about a king with three daughters who demands they prove their love for him.
  13. 28. _________Shakespeare was Shakespeare’s father.
  14. 29. John __________ helped Shakespeare write Henry VIII.
  15. 31. Anne _______ was Shakespeare’s wife
  16. 32. The villain in The Merchant of Venice who cuts another character with a knife according to a contract.
  17. 34. The Earl of __________ was a supporter of Shakespeare and rumored lover
  18. 36. James _________ was the owner of the first real theater in London.
  19. 37. Ann _______ Queen Elizabeth’s mother.
  20. 39. A play in which the style changes halfway through. The first half was probably written by another writer.
  21. 40. Jane _________ was King Edward’s mother
  22. 41. A play about a Moroccan King who is convinced his Venetian wife has betrayed him.
  23. 42. The _________ is a play in which the problem of time is solved by having a father explain how they arrived sixteen years earlier on the island.
  24. 44. A play about a Scottish King who is a villain. In the end he loses his friends and the knowledge that his is admired.
  25. 46. Edward ________ was a star in Marlowe’s plays
  26. 47. The Winter’s ________ is a play about a king who sends his wife to be executed and her child to die in a forest.
  27. 48. Julius ______ is a tragedy about a Roman ruler.
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  1. 1. Taming of the ________ is a play is about a “bad-tempered” woman who does not obey her husband.
  2. 3. Shakespeare’s twin who was a girl
  3. 4. ________ the VIII was King of England from 1509-1547.
  4. 7. This is a political play which compares the attitudes of different social classes.
  5. 9. A Comedy of __________ is play is about two men who arrive in the a town in which each of their twin brothers live.
  6. 10. Much Ado about ________ features a comic policeman named Dogberry from Shakespeare’s childhood.
  7. 11. Dr. John _________Susanna’s husband
  8. 12. In As You Like It is the character named _________ announces that they have arrived at the forest of Arden.
  9. 13. Robert _________ was a dramatist who criticized Shakespeare before he died.
  10. 15. Christopher __________ was a dramatist who was about the same age as Shakespeare.
  11. 17. The Merry Wives of Windsor was written to celebrate a wedding.
  12. 18. Romeo and _________ is a tragedy about two young lovers from rival families.
  13. 20. Anthony and __________ is play is a tragedy about an Egyptian Queen and King who are the most famous lovers in history.
  14. 23. This is a part played by Will Kempe in Henry IV Parts I and II.
  15. 24. Mary _______ was Shakespeare’s mother
  16. 25. Ben ________ was Shakespeare’s childhood friend and rival.
  17. 30. what Shakespeare’s father made
  18. 33. Corpus ________ is a Catholic celebration.
  19. 35. A __________ Night’s Dream is a comedy comprised of three stories which contains a number of jokes about his friends.
  20. 38. Love’s Labor’s ________This play portrays a real meeting between the King of Navarre and the King of France.
  21. 43. Shakespeare’s twin who was a boy
  22. 45. Probably Shakespeare’s greatest play. It’s about a prince who wants to avenge the death of his father.
  23. 46. Venus and ________ is the first poem Shakespeare wrote to Henry Wriothesely.