Shakespeare's Life and Elizabethan Theatre

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  1. 3. The first published collection of Shakespeare's Works was called the First ______________.
  2. 5. What genre of play is Romeo and Juliet?
  3. 8. Who came up with the standard structure for Tragedy?
  4. 10. Men told most of the ___________ in comedy plays.
  5. 12. Because it was considered scandalous, ___________ wore disguises when going to the theater.
  6. 13. Playwright, Thomas Kyd, is best known for his play The ____________ Tragedy.
  7. 14. In addition to Arthur Brook, ______________ influenced Shakespeare's version of Romeo and Juliet.
  8. 16. Elizabethan plays were produced every two ___________.
  9. 17. A _________ usually happens at the end of a Shakespearean comedy?
  10. 18. Romeo and Juliet was performed at the _____________ Theatre.
  11. 19. Shakespeare wrote three types of plays: Comedies, tragedies, and ___________________.
  12. 21. The _________ Lion Theatre is the very first outdoor theatre built in London.
  13. 22. Queen Elizabeth I passed a law forbidding plays about ______________ and religion.
  14. 23. What political office did Shakespeare's father have?
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  1. 1. Plays were usually performed in the _______________ in order to take advantage of the natural light.
  2. 2. Marriages in comedy plays were based on ____________, not politics.
  3. 4. The two sub-genres of Shakespeare's comedies are Romance plays and ____________ plays.
  4. 6. "star-crossed" means that ___________ is in control.
  5. 7. Romeo and Juliet is set in _____________, Italy.
  6. 9. The __________________ arrived 150 years late to England.
  7. 11. How many hours did it usually take to perform one of Shakespeare's plays?
  8. 15. Shakespeare's wife was __________ years older than him.
  9. 18. Love at first sight, giving up everything for love, and pining for someone you can never have are all qualities of __________ love.
  10. 20. In what country did the Renaissance begin?
  11. 21. ______________III is one of Shakespeare's plays that shows his unique ability to combine history and art.