Giant Shakespeare Crossword Puzzle

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