Who Was William Shakespeare - Crossword 3

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Across
  1. 4. Greatest; most important
  2. 6. The Earl of Southampton became Will's _________.
  3. 8. Free from mistakes
  4. 12. The Taming of the _______ is about a sharp-tongued, hot-tempered woman.
  5. 14. __________ Andronicus is a bloodthirsty story about ancient Rome.
  6. 16. The plague was spread by _______ who had fleas carrying the disease.
  7. 17. Able to move quickly and easily.
  8. 18. Shakespeare wrote a play about _________III, who was evil through and through.
Down
  1. 1. English ships beat the Spanish __________.
  2. 2. Shakespeare wrote may plays with strong women characters, like __________.
  3. 3. Two Gentlemen of __________ is thought to be Shakespeare's first play.
  4. 5. Venus and ________ was Will's first published poem.
  5. 7. ________ VI was set at the time of the War of the Roses in England.
  6. 9. Robert Greene, an University Wit, called Shakespeare an "upstart _______."
  7. 10. Shakespeare's ___________ are what make his plays so interesting.
  8. 11. By 1592, ___________ was the hottest playwright in London.
  9. 13. __________ are 14-line poems with complicated rhyming patterns.
  10. 15. When other playwrights were writing stories about ancient Rome, Will wrote about _________.