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