Shakespeare Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. Poets and troubadors often played this instrument
  2. 4. Shakespeare wrote an entire play about taming this small, fuzzy critter
  3. 5. Shakespeare didn't use a Bic, his pen was made out of this part of a bird!
  4. 8. This Shakespeare play is also a good name for a little pig
  5. 9. This theater in England is known around the world for its association with Shakespeare
  6. 10. This kind of Shakespearean play tells a tale of the past
  7. 11. This kind of Shakespearean play features a main character with a fatal flaw
  8. 12. This relative of the piano was popular when Shakespeare was alive
  9. 17. The First one of these is awfully important, you might even find a whole exhibit about it in the concert hall!
  10. 20. Although it looks like a flute and might be made of wood, this instrument is actually more like a trumpet
  11. 21. Shakespeare often wrote this type of short, rhyming poetry
  12. 22. To be, or ___ to be?
Down
  1. 1. Although we know him mostly as Shakespeare, don't forget this guy had a first name too...
  2. 3. This Italian word means "rebirth", and is the time period when Shakespeare was alive and writing poetry
  3. 6. Shakespeare was born in this country in the year 1564
  4. 7. This kind of Shakespearean play seeks to offer a good laugh
  5. 13. Shakespeare wrote a lot of these, and Romeo and Juliet is one of the most famous
  6. 14. You probably played one in elementary school. Is it a flute, is it a whistle? Record your answer correctly!
  7. 15. Juliet's spritely love interest
  8. 16. Similar to a violin (and using some of the same letters), this instrument was popular in Shakespeare's time
  9. 18. A single line from a poem
  10. 19. A section of a poem made up of multiple verses