Shakespeare: Social and Historical Context

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  1. 2. 1585-1592 are known as the ______ years
  2. 6. The river that runs through London: The Globe is built on its banks
  3. 10. They were banned from acting in the theatre
  4. 11. The reign of this monarch was considered the Golden Age of English history
  5. 13. The original Globe theatre burnt down when a ________ set fire to the roof
  6. 14. The name for audience members in the standing room only pit of the theatre
  7. 15. Both comedies and tragedies point to human ________-
  8. 17. Shakespeare's first child was born this many months after his wedding
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  1. 1. The name of the famous theatre where most of Shakespeare's plays were performed
  2. 2. The base of the white stage make-up, which poisoned many actors
  3. 3. If you spilt this in Elizabethan times it was considered bad luck
  4. 4. The London theatre company Shakespeare joined is called the Lord _________ Men
  5. 5. This era ranges from 1603 to 1623
  6. 7. Women were sent here if the refused to marry
  7. 8. Shakespeare's birthplace: _______-upon-Avon
  8. 9. Shakespeare's wife: Anne ________
  9. 12. The most common name in the title of Shakespeare's plays
  10. 16. Shakespeare would have learned this classical language