Introduction to Shakespeare

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Across
  1. 3. a weak syllable followed by a strong syllable (de-DUM)
  2. 6. whose men? name of Shakespeare's acting company
  3. 9. poetry that has been given a certain rhythm
  4. 13. name of the king who came to the crown after Queen Elizabeth
  5. 14. name of shakespearean theatre
  6. 15. genre of play where heros often fall
Down
  1. 1. what we call people who write plays
  2. 2. a line of poetry with ten rhythmically ordered syllables
  3. 4. William Shakespeare is also known as the
  4. 5. a word to describe normal, free flowing speech or text
  5. 7. the hierarchy of all living things according to Elizabethans
  6. 8. name of the era when Queen Elizabeth reigned
  7. 10. type of poem of which Shakespeare wrote 154
  8. 11. genre of play responsible for making people laugh
  9. 12. the kind of opera that might also capture the Bard's dramatic plays