For this blog, you need to post THREE pieces of information about THREE different topics. You will see that the NUMBER THREE has significance in the play, Macbeth, as well! The catch is you cannot post anything that has already been posted. Therefore, the sooner you complete this assignment, the easier it will be!
1. Post THREE facts/bits of information about WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.
2. Post THREE facts/bits of information about SHAKESPEARE'S WORKS, including, but not limited
to Macbeth. It can be about plays OR poems.
3. Post THREE facts/bits of information about the GLOBE THEATER.
PLEASE ALSO INCLUDE YOUR NAME IF IT DOESN'T COME UP AS PART OF YOUR USERNAME.
POST 3 FACTS ABOUT SHAKESPEARE'S LIFE HERE AS A REPLY TO THIS POST. REMEMBER, NO REPEATS!!
ReplyDeleteMegan Jones
DeleteShakespeare had seven siblings. They were: Joan (1558); Margaret (1562); Gilbert (1566); Joan II (1569); Anne (1571); Richard (1574) and Edmund (1580).
Megan Jones:
DeleteShakespeare and Anne Hathaway had three children together – a son, Hamnet, who died in 1596, and two daughters, Susanna and Judith. His only granddaughter Elizabeth – daughter of Susanna – died childless in 1670. Shakespeare therefore has no descendants.
Megan Jones:
DeleteShakespeare wrote many more plays than the ones we know about. It’s certain that he wrote a play titled Cardenio, which has been lost, but scholars think he wrote about twenty that have gone without a trace.
Mary Fleming
DeleteWilliam Shakespeare married his wife, Anne Hathaway at age 18. During his lifetime he wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets. He was also an actor who performed in many of his plays.
-Shakespeare's wife's name was Anne Hathaway
Delete-Shakespeare died at 52
-Shakespeare wrote 37 plays in total
Shakespeare lived to be 52 years old.
DeleteHe had seven siblings.
DeleteShakespeare is the second most quoted writer in the English language.
DeleteEmma Patrick
DeleteShakespeare was baptized, he was born in April, he died in 1616
-His wife was 26 and pregnant when they married.
Delete-His children died childless, so he has no descendants.
-His remains lay undisturbed because he cursed anyone who would move his body from its final resting place.
Taylor Veenstra Unlike most artists of his time, Shakespeare died a very wealthy man with a large property portfolio.
DeleteHe was baptized on April 26th of 1564.
DeleteHe lived in England during the renaissance.
Delete‘William Shakespeare’ is an anagram of ‘I am a weakish speller’.
DeleteShakespeare has been credited by the Oxford English Dictionary with introducing almost 3,000 words to the English language.
DeleteShakespeare put a curse on anyone who moves his body.
DeleteThough it was customary to dig up the bones from previous graves to make room for others, the remains in Shakespeare’s grave are still undisturbed.
DeleteShakespeare's burial ground was inscribed with a curse.
DeleteHis love for theatre started early as his dad would take him to traveling shows.
DeleteShakespeare's schooling is unknown, but he was the son of an Alderman, meaning he would have gone to a parish school.
Delete-Shakespeare seemed to be fond of one particular kind of death - suicide. In fact suicide occurs 13 times in Shakespearean plays.
Delete-The only thing Shakespeare left to his wife in his will was the second best bed in the house. Yes his will read, ‘“I gyve unto my wief my second best bed with the furniture”. The “furniture” refers to the linen for the bed.
-One of Shakespeare’s relatives, William Arden, was arrested for plotting against Queen Elizabeth I.
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DeleteIt was illegal for women and girls to perform during Shakespeare's lifetime so all of the female parts were written for boys. It was only during the Restoration that women started to appear on the English stage.
DeleteShakespeare never attended a university
Delete(my other two posts are at the bottom sorry)
Shakespeare only left his wife a bed in his will when he died.
DeleteShakespeare was a baptist when he was born, but when he died, he was a Roman Catholic.
DeleteNo one really knows how Shakespeare died.
DeleteShakespeare was buried at the Holy Trinity Church and it was believed that he put a curse on anyone who tried to move his body from that place.
DeleteShakespeare is always referred to as an Elizabethan playwright, but as most of his most famous works were written after Elizabeth died, he was more of a Jacobean writer.
DeleteShakespeare lived a double life. He was a famous playwright in London but in his hometown of Stratford with his family, he was a well known and highly respected businessman and property owner.
DeleteShakespeare was said to have an extensive vocabulary; his works contained more than 30,000 different words.
DeleteShakespeare owned 12.5% of the Globe Theatre
DeleteIn 1556 Shakespeare was an official ale taster
DeleteIn Shakespeare's will, he gave his wife his "second best bed".
Delete-His tomb was inscribed with a curse
Delete-He died a rich man, and he gave his property to his daughter Susanna
-Shakespeare is the second most quoted writer in the English language
-His house was called New Palace
Delete-Refers to birds over 600 times in his pieces combined
-Uses the word dog and dogs over 200 times in his works
-His tomb was inscribed with a curse
Dylann Hodgkinson:
Delete-80 variations of how to spell his name
-He was a businessman
-He used about 29,000 vocabulary words
John Hemmings and Henry Cordell helped publish 36 of Shakespeare's works.
DeleteShakespeare's play "Cardenio" is lost and there is no record of the story anywhere.
DeleteShakespeare and his dad created a family crest together. It is a yellow spear and shield with a latin inscription, " Not without right."
DeleteMitchell Armstrong
Delete-Shakespeare died a wealthy man owning much property.
-Shakespeare is credited with adding 3,000 words to the oxford dictionary.
- Shakespeare wrote a play by the title of Cardenio which was lost throughout the years.
- Shakespeare spent his life living on Henley Street.
Delete- Shakespeare's got married to his wife at the location of Temple Gratson.
- Shakespeare wore an earring inside his left ear.
Raine Bertelsen:
Delete- He gave his property to his daughter Susanna
- He performed many of his own plays, as well as other playwrights'
- He is the second most quoted writer in the English language
Shakespeare lived a double life. Half as an unknown playwright and the other half as a well known businessman and property owner.
DeleteShakespeare’s original grave marker showed him holding a bag of grain. Citizens of Stratford replaced the bag with a quill in 1747.
DeleteShakespeare was also an established actor who performed in many of his own plays as well as those of his contemporaries, such as Ben Jonson.
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DeleteHe lived on Henley street.
DeleteHe was married at Temple Graston.
DeleteHis first job was holding horses outside of theatres.
DeletePOST 3 FACTS ABOUT SHAKESPEARE'S WORKS HERE AS A REPLY TO THIS POST. REMEMBER, NO REPEATS!
ReplyDeleteMegan Jones:
DeleteThere are only two Shakespeare plays written entirely in verse: they are Richard II and King John. Many of the plays have half of the text in prose.
Megan Jones:
DeleteShakespeare’s shortest play, The Comedy of Errors is only a third of the length of his longest, Hamlet, which takes four hours to perform.
Megan Jones:
DeleteShakespeare wrote close to a tenth of the most quoted lines ever written or spoken in English. What’s more, according to the Literature Encyclopaedia, Shakespeare is the second most quoted English writer after the writers of the Bible.
Suicide occurs quite often throughout Shakespeare's plays.
DeleteShakespeare wrote many more plays than what the public is aware about.
DeleteShakespeare's plays were comedies, tragedies, and histories.
Delete18 unauthorized versions of his plays were published during his lifetime.
DeleteA lot of his works did not appear until seven years after his death, when two of his fellow actors published his work.
DeleteThe play "The Comedy of Errors" is only a third of the length of his other piece "Hamlet" which takes four hours to perform.
Delete-Shakespeare wrote 37 total plays.
Delete-He wrote 16 comedies
-He also wrote 10 tragedies.
-Shakespeare's plays had 13 suicides
Delete-Shakespeare has added nearly 3000 words to the English language
-Shakespeare's sonnets were not published until 1609
The globe theater is 11 meters tall, its in London as of today, and the original Globe theater stood in Southwark London
DeleteShakespeare never published his own plays, they were all published by his fellow actors.
DeleteRacism pops up frequently in Shakespeare's plays.
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Delete-Shakespeare wrote historical plays that are not as well known.
Delete-The female role in his plays were played by young boys, because it was illegal for women to perform.
-A play called Cardenio which was written by Shakespeare has been completely lost with no record of its story anywhere.
Shakespeare wrote a total of 154 sonnets.
DeleteThrough his work there is over 600 references to birds.
DeleteIn his play “Romeo and Juliet,” the word love appears 150 times.
DeleteHis last play was "The Two Noble Kinsmen." It is thought to have been written in 1613 when he was 49 years old.
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Delete15 of Shakespeare's plays had been performed by 1597
Delete- One of Shakespeare’s plays has been completely lost to history. There is evidence that he wrote a play called Cardenio which was performed in England, but no known copy of the play exists.
Delete- It was illegal for women and girls to perform in the theater in Shakespeare’s lifetime so all the female parts were written for boys.
- Few people realize that aside from writing 37 plays and composing 154 sonnets, Shakespeare was also an established actor who performed in many of his own plays as well as those of his contemporaries, such as Ben Jonson.
Shakespeare performed in many of his own plays
DeleteShakespeare wrote "King John" the same year his son died.
DeleteShakespeare has over 200 references to dogs in his work (my other comment is down below)
DeleteShakespeare is credited with coining a lot of familiar phrases in the English language through the incorporation of these words in his plays. Some examples include the words, "fashionable", "sanctimonious", "eyeball", "lackluster", etc.
Delete59 - The number of references to the river Avon in Shakespeare's works.
DeleteThere was 60 different species of birds referenced in Shakespeare's plays
DeleteShakespeare coined the phrase "the beast with two backs" in his works.
Delete108 - The number of plants alluded to in Shakespeare's plays.
DeleteHe wrote Romeo and Juliet when he was around 30 years old.
DeleteIt is believed that Shakespeare has copied several plays from different authors, though he has received the credit for many of the plays.
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DeleteShakespeare's plays began being printed in 1594.
DeleteNone of Shakespeare's actual manuscripts survived, so the printed texts of his plays are the only source of what he originally wrote.
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DeleteThe first performance of Macbeth was in April 1611.
DeleteShakespeare popularized the term "wild goose chase" in Romeo and Juliet.
DeleteShakespeare popularized the term "fashionable" in Troilus and Cressida.
DeleteMacbeth was written to impress King James.
Delete- He wrote Romeo and Juliet at age 30
Delete- Racism pops up frequently in his works
- Sonnets were published in 1609 without his permission
Dylann Hodgkinson:
Delete-Shakespeare’s play, Macbeth, takes place over a year whereas in reality, Macbeth ruled for 17 years.
-The role of Macbeth is 719 lines long, only half the length of Hamlet.
-The only play of Shakespeare's that mentions the word a rhinoceros is Macbeth.
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DeleteHis first 26 works were aimed at aristocratic, young man who did not want to marry.
DeleteSonnets 127-152 are directed at a dark woman and how Bard has mixed feelings for her.
DeleteMitchell Armstrong
Delete-Many of Shakespeare’s plays are based on others’ earlier plays, histories, and poems. This was common practice at that time.
-Juliet and Paris – in Shakespeare’s time, the father DID have the right to decide whom his daughter married – marriage was a business agreement
-Romeo and Juliet is the first play about romantic love, and contains the first romantic stage kiss.
-His plays began to be printed in 1594
Delete-Some believe that Queen Elizabeth wrote some of his plays
-Shakespeare never really spelled his name correctly in his works. He would always write "Shakespe".
Shakespeare's first play, "Henry VI Part One" was written was he was 25 years old.
Delete- The name "Macbeth", the name of the main character in Shakespeare's play "Macbeth", means "son of life" in Gaelic.
DeleteRaine Bertelsen:
Delete- Two of Shakespeare’s plays, Hamlet and Much Ado About Nothing, have been translated into Klingon
- Shakespeare never actually published any of his plays, they're all published under the name ‘The First Folio’
- An outbreak of the plague in Europe resulted in all London theatres being closed between 1592 and 1594. Shakespeare began to write poetry because of this.
Richard II and King John are the only two of his plays written entirely in verse
DeleteShakespeare’s shortest play, The Comedy of Errors is only a third of the length of his longest, Hamlet
DeleteTwo of Shakespeare’s plays, Hamlet and Much Ado About Nothing, have been translated into Klingon
DeleteRacism pops up frequently in his work.
DeleteIt was rumored that many of Shakespeare's famous works were copied from other artists.
DeleteThe last play shakespeare ever wrote was Two Noble Kinsmen.
DeletePOST 3 FACTS ABOUT THE GLOBE THEATER HERE AS A REPLY TO THIS POST. REMEMBER, NO REPEATS!
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DeleteMegan Jones:
DeletePart of the stage was called the “apron stage” – a rectangular platform that thrust out amongst the audience into the pit.
Megan Jones:
DeleteA crest above the main entrance to The Globe Theatre was inscribed with motto “Totus mundus agit histrionem” – Latin for “The whole world is a playhouse”.
Megan Jones:
DeleteThe Globe was generally considered to be a circular building, however when a small part of the theatre’s foundations were uncovered the late 1980’s it seems that the building was actually a polygon of 20 sides.
There were no woman that acted in the plays that were performed at the theatre.
DeleteThere was an area at the base of the stage called "the pit", which is where people stood who only payed a penny to watch the play.
DeleteThe Puritans brought an end to the theatre in 1642.
DeleteThe colored flags outside the theater represented the type of play that would be showing that day.
DeleteThe colored flags outside the theater represented the type of play that would be showing that day.
DeleteIt was built in 1599.
DeleteNo one was hurt when the theater burned down.
Delete-The theater is located in London, England.
Delete-The theater can hold 3000 people
-The play being performed that day would be advertised by waving a flag over the theater
The globe was 36 inches (11 m) tall.
DeleteAt the base of the stage was an area called “the pit” which held “the groundlings”; people who paid a penny to stand and watch a performance.
DeleteAt the base of the stage was an area called “the pit” which held “the groundlings”; people who paid a penny to stand and watch a performance.
DeleteFemale roles were played by young boys as theatre stages were considered too risque a place for ladies.
DeleteThe Puritans brought an end to The Globe Theatre in 1642 with an order suppressing all stage plays.
DeleteThe Globe Theater had a 1500 plus audience capacity. Up to 3000 people would flock to the theater and its grounds.
DeleteDifferent colored flags were used to advertise the themes of plays which were to be performed at the Globe Theatre. A black flag indicated a tragedy, a white flag indicated a comedy and a red flag indicated a History
DeleteThere was no heating in the Globe theatre. Plays were performed in the summer months and transferred to the indoor playhouses during the winter.
Delete-The lead content in stage makeup led to many early deaths in the young boy actors.
Delete-A modern reconstructed theatre, "Shakespeare's Globe", was built in 1997
-The theatre was owned by 6 different men who were actors and shareholders.
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Delete- The make-up used by men to look like women led to many early deaths due to the high lead content in the make-up.
Delete- Serious outbreaks of the Bubonic plague caused more than three closures of the Globe theater, as a precaution to protect from
disease.
- The Globe was built in a similar style to the Coliseum, but on a smaller scale - other Elizabethan Theatres followed this style of architecture which were called amphitheatres.
The Globe Theater was demolished by the Puritans.
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DeleteOriginally, Shakespeare and his company built two Globe Theaters. One burnt down within two hours of being built.
DeleteThe Globe Theater was used for not only plays, but gambling and immoral purposes.
DeleteThe reconstruction of Shakespeare's Globe was not the idea of London's mayor, or the government. It was the idea of an American actor, Sam Wanamaker.
DeleteThe Globe Theater was demolished by Puritans on April 15th, 1644 by landowner Sir Matthew Brend who wrecked the playhouse and then built tenement houses on the site.
DeleteShakespeare's Globe had to have special permission to have a thatched roof - there has been a law against thatched buildings in London since the Great Fire in 1666.
DeleteDifferent colored flags were hung outside the theater each performance day to let people know the theme and message of the play that was going to be performed.
DeleteThe first performance at the reconstructed Globe (in 1993) was in German. It was performed while the theater was still being built.
DeleteOn June 29, 1613 during the performance of Henry the Eighth, a theatrical cannon misfired which ignited the wooden structure.
DeleteWhen The Globe Theatre burnt down in 1613, it took less than two hours to burn down completely.
DeleteThe Globe Theatre was considered a circular building, but when uncovered in the late 1980's it was actually a polygon of 20 sides.
DeleteSince copyrighting did not exist yet people people from other theatre group would be sent to the Globe Theatre to spy on Shakespeare plays.
DeleteThe term "box office" was coined at the Globe Theatre.
DeleteDyann Hodgkinson:
Delete- the globe was built by Peter Smith
- located on the South bank of London's River
- no one was injured in the Great Fire except for a man with burning trousers
Over 1000 oak trees were used to build the Globe Theater.
DeleteAll of the plaster on the walls was made of a mixture of materials, including goat hair.
DeleteThe Globe had to have special permission to have a thatched roof because it was against the law in London.
Delete"the tiring house" was a room where the actors get dressed up and have their make up put on....it's like going back stage.
Delete-The Globe was 3 stories high
Delete- In the Globe there were really no props. This is where acts were performed, the people who performed here never really used props. The Globe was a place where the actors had to use their imagination.
-The cost of entry in the Globe was open to the modest fee of just one penny. Which was roughly 10% of a workers daily wage.
Raine Bertelsen:
Delete- The original Globe Theatre caught fire in 1613 during a performance of Henry VIII, when a cannon set light to the thatched roof.
- The Globe Theatre was built in 1599 in Southwark on the south bank of London’s River Thames by Richard Burbage.
- Shakespeare was a shareholder who owned 12.5% of The Globe Theatre.
Mitchell Armstrong
Delete-No one was hurt during the burning of the Globe theater except for the man who's pants caught on fire and was put out with a beer.
- A crest above the main entrance to The Globe Theater was inscribed with motto “Totus mundus agit histrionem” – Latin for “The whole world is a playhouse”.
- William Shakespeare was a shareholder who owned 12.5% of The Globe Theater.
Color coded flags were used outside the theatre to advertise the type of play to be performed. A red flag for a history play, white for a comedy play and black for a tragedy play.
DeleteThe only 'injury' in the burning down of the theater was a man whose pants caught on fire. But it was put out by a bottle of beer.
DeleteWilliam Shakespeare was a shareholder who owned 12.5% of The Globe Theatre.
DeleteIn 1997 a third version and faithful reconstruction of The Globe Theatre was built as “Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre”, close to the original site in Southwark.
DeleteThe Globe was generally considered to be a circular building, however when a small part of the theatre’s foundations were uncovered the late 1980’s it seems that the building was actually a polygon of 20 sides.
DeleteGlobe theater:
ReplyDeleteThe most expensive seats were the highest up in the theater.
Shakespeare's work:
ReplyDeleteall of the female role were played by men
Globe Theater:
ReplyDeletebuilt in 1599
Globe theater:
ReplyDeletewas burnt down and rebuilt in 1614
About Shakespeare:
ReplyDeleteHe was buried in the holy trinity church, and wrote a poem cursing anyone who dares to move his body because he wanted to be left alone and in peace, and his bones have been untouched ever since.
About Shakespeare:
ReplyDeleteMany people seem to forget that beyond being a full time writer and caregiver for his children, Shakespeare also filled in his busy schedule with writing his own plays and performing them at the Globe Theatre.
About Shakespeare:
ReplyDeleteShakespeare and his wife, Anne Hathaway, had three children together, Hamnet, Susanna, and Judith. His only granddaughter, daughter of Susanna, died childless in 1670, therefore leaving Shakespeare with no descendants.
Shakespeare's Works:
ReplyDeleteDuring his life, Shakespeare wrote a total of 37 plays, and 154 sonnets. The last play he did was when he was 49 years old.
Shakespeare's Works:
ReplyDelete”The Comedy of Errors” is Shakespeare's shortest play with a total of 1770 lines long.
ReplyDeleteShakespeare's Works:
He wrote roughly one and a half plays between 1589 and 1616. This shows how much time and thought he puts into his pieces, and also shows his busy schedule around writing like taking care of his children and writing part time plays for the Globe Theatre.
Globe Theatre:
ReplyDeleteThe timber for the globe theatre was actually reused wood from “The Theatre” - an earlier theatre owned by Richards Burbage’s father.
Globe Theatre:
ReplyDeleteWilliam Shakespeare was a shareholder who owned 12.5% of the Globe Theatre. As a young writer, Shakespeare bought shares in the theatre and benefitted financially as his popularity grew.
Globe Theater:
ReplyDeleteColor coded flags were used outside of the theatre to advertise the type of play to be performed - red flag for a history play, white for a comedy play, and black for a tragedy play.
-The globe Theater was burned down in 1614 because of a cannon going off during a play.
ReplyDelete-the cheapest seats were on the ground, the people who bought them were called groundings.
-the theater is still an active theater which presents many plays a year, usually Shakespeare.
The motto of the Globe Theatre was totus mundus agit histrionem (all the world's a stage).
ReplyDeleteShakespeare fact:
ReplyDeletehis wife was 26 when shakespeare was only 18
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DeleteShakespeare:
ReplyDeletehe allegedly died at the age of 52 on his birthday April 23
Globe Theatre- The wood used to build the theatre was re used wood from The Theatre, a different theatre.
ReplyDeleteThe Globe Theatre was able to hold 3,000 people
ReplyDeleteThe Globe Theatre was actually a polygon of 20 sides.
ReplyDelete"Shakespeare" was spelled 80 different ways, including "Shaxpere" and "Shaxberd."
ReplyDeleteWhile most people regularly use about 2,000 words, Shakespeare used more than 25,000 in his writing
ReplyDeleteNobody knows Shakespeare's actual birthday
ReplyDeleteShakespeares work: During his life, Shakespeare wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets! This means an average 1.5 plays a year since he first started writing in 1589.
ReplyDeleteShakespeares work: His last play The Two Noble Kinsmen is reckoned to have been written in 1613 when he was 49 years old.
ReplyDeleteShakespeares work: Apart from writing his numerous plays and sonnets, Shakespeare was also an actor who performed many of his own plays as well as those of other playwrights.
ReplyDeleteJohn Shakespeare suffered financial loss and ceased to play a part in local government.
ReplyDeleteWilliam lived through the Black Death.
ReplyDeleteWilliam never published any of his plays.
ReplyDeleteThe Globe was built in a similar style to the Coliseum, but on a smaller scale - other Elizabethan Theatres followed this style of architecture - they were called amphitheatres.
ReplyDeleteElizabethan theatres were also used for bear baiting, gambling and for immoral purposes.
ReplyDelete1596 London's authorities banned the public presentation of plays and all theatres within the city limits of London. All theaters located in the City were forced to move to the South side of the River Thames
ReplyDeleteHis nicknames include the “Bard of Avon” and “Swan of Avon.”
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DeleteMitchell Armstrong
ReplyDelete-No one was hurt during the burning of the Globe theater except for the man who's pants caught on fire and was put out with a beer.
- A crest above the main entrance to The Globe Theater was inscribed with motto “Totus mundus agit histrionem” – Latin for “The whole world is a playhouse”.
- William Shakespeare was a shareholder who owned 12.5% of The Globe Theater.