Background on Shakes, Queen Liz, & The Elizabethan Age

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Across
  1. 1. a color only available to the rich
  2. 4. place where Shakespeare’s plays were performed
  3. 5. the color/tone the poorest people wore
  4. 6. Men can cheat on their wives, but women have to be completely faithful
  5. 7. how many wives did Henry the eighth have
  6. 10. Shakespeare died peculiarly on this day
  7. 15. clothing material that the poorest people wore
  8. 17. Legend is, if you remove these of Shakespeare’s, you will be cursed
  9. 20. the religion Henry the eighth help create
  10. 22. England’s longest sovereign ruler
  11. 23. Shakespeare might have also been this
  12. 25. the Bubonic plague is caused by these vermin
  13. 26. the person in the family everyone must respect, obey, honor, etc
  14. 29. plays and in the marriage of the title characters
  15. 31. this occurs to make the marriage official
  16. 33. to betray the king or your country
  17. 34. Women or wives were treated like this other family member
Down
  1. 2. disease similar to the Black Death
  2. 3. plays were performed during the day because society did not have this
  3. 8. Mary Tudor is known by this other nickname
  4. 9. these plays are about actual kings of England
  5. 11. hakespeare had these many children
  6. 12. The number of wives Henry the eighth killed or divorced
  7. 13. Henry the eighth‘s only son
  8. 14. poorest members of the Elizabethan society
  9. 16. Anne Boleyn named her daughter after this relative of Henry’s
  10. 18. Number of plays Shakespeare wrote
  11. 19. We might be getting this wrong of Shakespeare's name
  12. 21. clothing material available only to the rich
  13. 24. In addition to playgoing, members of society entertain themselves by attending these
  14. 27. these plays and with the deaths of title characters
  15. 28. 90% of the patients died from the black death within these many days
  16. 30. Catherine of Aragon was from this devoutly Catholic country
  17. 32. in addition to writing plays and poetry, Shakespeare was also this
  18. 35. Parents or fathers provided this to the groom before their daughter’s wedding