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Video Guide
These questions can be answered by viewing the video.
1. On what date, and where, was Shakespeare born?
2. Where is it believed Shakespeare attended school?
3. Did Shakespeare have a university education?
4. Why has his education raised some controversy?
5. Who did Shakespeare marry?
6. How old was Shakespeare when he married?
7. How old was his wife?
8. How many children did Shakespeare have and what were their names?
9. How many survived to adulthood?
10. In what city did Shakespeare establish himself as an actor?
11. Who were the Lord Chamberlain's Men?
12. What name did they take on in 1603?
13. When did Shakespeare leave London?
14. What historic event took place at about the same time as Shakespeare’s arrival in
London?
15. What effect did that event have on the English people?
16. How did the Renaissance affect people’s viewpoint of destiny or fate?
17. Why did people put so much emphasis on the skillful use of language?
18. What role did Queen Elizabeth and her successor, James I, play in the lives of
Shakespeare and his fellow actors?
19. Name three early theatres.
20. Name three ways in which the presentation of plays in Elizabethan times differed
from the presentation of plays today.
21. List at least five requirements for Elizabethan actors.
22. Where did the wealthy patrons sit at The Globe?
23. What were the groundlings and where did they locate themselves during a
performance?
24. When was The Globe torn down?
25. When was the New Globe rebuilt?