Shakespeare Background Knowledge

2. Queen _______ was a protestant was was determined to rule in that way
3. ______ viewed plays as sinful.
5. This is Shakespeare's nickname
10. Scholars thinks Shakespeare's father was a secret ______
11. Plague doctors filled their beak-like masks with ____
14. Plays can have both ____ and verse in them.
15. Shakespeare wrote three types of plays: tragedies, comedies, and ________.
18. _____ and Juliet is the play we will be reading this semester
19. Shakespeare moved here to start his playwriting career.
20. The plague killed ________ of people across Medieval Europe.
21. Following his son Hamnet’s death in 1600, Shakespeare created some of his most famous _____
22. Shakespeare married ______ Hathaway
23. This theater is most commonly associated with Shakespeare
24. The pit was usually quite ____.
25. The _____ Plague caused theaters to shut down
27. Shakespeare was born in __________-upon-Avon

1. The Globe Theater was a large, _________, open-air theater that could hold up to 3,000 people
4. The plebeians stood in what was known as the _____.
6. When a character speaks directly to the audience (there may be other people on stage)
7. If a character is NOT ALONE on stage and is giving a long speech that is intended for other characters to hear, they are giving a what?
8. _____ Caesar is the play you will be reading next year.
9. There was a lot of religious and political _____ when Shakespeare was born
10. The original Globe Theater burned down because of a ______ being shot
12. _____ relief is when you add something humorous to a play after a bunch of serious scenes
13. The art dealing with the writing and production of plays
16. The timeframe of 1585–1592 in Shakespeare's life is known to scholars as the _____ years
17. long speech given by a character when no other characters are on stage
22. The month Shakespeare was born in is _________
26. The units/parts that separate a play into “pieces”