Shakespeare Acting Review 1

2. a play written by Shakespeare RIVAL, about a man who sells his soul to the devil
3. ___________ pentameter the type of meter Shakespeare wrote in
5. She was Queen during Shakespeare’s lifetime, an avid theater supporter, and ruled for 45 years
9. Another style of Shakespearean play (white Flag)
10. Black Flags represented this style of Shakespearean play
12. Would have paid a penny to stand and watch the play
17. These individuals would have had covered seats at the theater
18. Shakespeare wrote these types of poems
19. The style of stage Shakespeare's theater was, not a proscenium like the Greeks
20. This position was similar to our modern day censor
21. Shakespeare, like Yoda, flip-flopped the ________ and ________ making his writing difficult to follow at times (all one word answer)
23. Although Shakespeare’s plays often changed location, the actual production had very little ________
24. These were not permitted to be actors in Elizabethan England

1. The most famous acting troupe of Elizabethan England, of which Shakespeare was a member
4. One character speaking to something or someone IN the world of the play
6. Shakespeare used his specific meter partly because it follows the natural rhythm of the human _________
7. One character speaking to something or someone outside the world of the play, such as the audience
8. Shakespeare used almost none of these in his writing, instead incorporating them into his dialogue, often indicated location or action of a scene
11. Another style of play Shakespeare wrote were _____________ (red flag)
13. Going to the theater in Elizabethan England would be an all day and ________ event
14. The theater Shakespeare’s plays were presented in was called The _________
15. Shakespeare’s poetic meter had a repeating pattern of an ___________ syllable and a stressed syllable
16. Each line of Shakespeare’s meter would have ______ _________ (All one word for answer)
22. a contemporary rival who was killed in a bar fight