Shakespeare Acting Review 1

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  1. 3. She was Queen during Shakespeare’s lifetime, an avid theater supporter, and ruled for 45 years
  2. 5. Shakespeare used his specific meter partly because it follows the natural rhythm of the human _________
  3. 10. These were not permitted to be actors in Elizabethan England
  4. 11. Each line of Shakespeare’s meter would have ______ _________ (All one word for answer)
  5. 13. a play written by Shakespeare RIVAL, about a man who sells his soul to the devil
  6. 15. Would have paid a penny to stand and watch the play
  7. 16. One character speaking to something or someone IN the world of the play
  8. 17. This position was similar to our modern day censor
  9. 21. Going to the theater in Elizabethan England would be an all day and ________ event
  10. 23. Shakespeare’s poetic meter had a repeating pattern of an ___________ syllable and a stressed syllable
  11. 25. These individuals would have had covered seats at the theater
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  1. 1. The most famous acting troupe of Elizabethan England, of which Shakespeare was a member
  2. 2. Another style of play Shakespeare wrote were _____________ (red flag)
  3. 4. Black Flags represented this style of Shakespearean play
  4. 6. Shakespeare used almost none of these in his writing, instead incorporating them into his dialogue, often indicated location or action of a scene, "exit pursued by bear" was one of the only ones
  5. 7. the audience was much more ________ than today, even booing, cheering or throwing rotten food at times
  6. 8. a contemporary rival who was killed in a bar fight
  7. 9. The theater Shakespeare’s plays were presented in was called The _________
  8. 12. Shakespeare, like Yoda, flip-flopped the ________ and ________ making his writing difficult to follow at times (all one word answer)
  9. 14. Another style of Shakespearean play (white Flag)
  10. 18. One character speaking to something or someone outside the world of the play, such as the audience
  11. 19. Shakespeare wrote these types of poems
  12. 20. Although Shakespeare’s plays often changed location, the actual production had very little ________
  13. 22. ___________ pentameter the type of meter Shakespeare wrote in
  14. 24. the type of stage that was popular at the time, where the audience was on 3 sides of the stage