PPT-Shakespeare and the Theater [IN 63]

What concerns do you have about reading Shakespearean texts What strategies could you use to be a successful reader of Shakespeares works Add to your interactive notebook Table of Contents. Shake-speare’s Sexuality & The Pseudonym. This presentation, based my collaboration with John Hamill on a forthcoming book, will explore the evidence for Edward de Vere's bisexuality as it relates to the pseudonym "Shakespeare." . EQ: How can I understand Shakespeare & apply it to my life?. Shakespeare, alias the Bard. EQ: How can I apply Shakespeare to today’s . world or the world of early America?. Times. Elizabethan Age (era of peace after 100 Years War with France & the War of Roses, a civil war in England) . . . Time & money for the . Widely regarded as the greatest writer in English Literature. Shakespeare: The Bio.  Lived 1563-1616. Lived in Stratford-on-Avon, England. Wrote 37 plays. About 154 sonnets. Started out as an actor. 1485-1603. &. Shakespeare. William Shakespeare. Widely considered to be the greatest writer in the English language and greatest playwright of all time.. He lived during the English Renaissance.. By Mr. Healy. The Fall of Rome in Broad Strokes…. The Roman Empire had become to large to manage . Soon it split into small independently controlled states. After the fall of Rome. Europe fell into the Dark Ages . Week 7 – Humanities G125. Rasmussen College. Paige Shreeve Welle, instructor. Objectives:. 1. Describe the conventions of the theater. 2. Explain distinctive elements of tragedy ranging from Greek, Shakespearean, Neoclassical, and Modern forms.. He lived about 450 years ago.. He wrote at least 37 plays and more than 150 poems.. He invented 100s of words like cold-blooded, quarrelsome, and love letter.. What he’s done. …. . We know more about Shakespeare than any other playwright of his time, except Ben Jonson (though not many records were kept in the 1500s). Most of what we know is collected from legal and church documents.. English 12. William Shakespeare. The most influential writer in all of English literature.. Born on April 23, 1564 (?) in Stratford-Upon-Avon, England. The exact date of his birth is unknown. He was baptized on April 26, 1564.. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Mr. William Shakespeare. Born April 23, 1564– died April 23, 1616. Baptismal name: Johanna Shakespeare. Eldest son and third child of John Shakespeare and Mary Arden.. By the mid-16. th. century, the art of drama in England was three centuries old, but the idea of housing it in a permanent building was new.. In 1576, James Burbage built the first public theater and called it… The Theater. . Biography. Born in April 1564 at Stratford-on-Avon. John Shakespeare (father). tanner, glover, dealer in grain. town official (alderman, and later mayor). Mary (. mother) was a daughter . of Robert Arden, a prosperous gentleman-farmer.. BY: Mitchell, Alex.h, Jacob, josh. Elizabethan Actors. Actors had to memorize lines, sing, dance, wrestle, fence, clown and weep. Actors were all male, and young boys usually played female roles as well. . The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. English II Pre-AP. Unit 7. I. William Shakespeare. Birth and Early Life. April 23, 1564. Stratford-upon-Avon. Parents: John Shakespeare and Mary Arden. Young Adulthood. Click on . this link . and answer the following questions (1-7).. William Shakespeare was born in what year? . What date do we recognize as his birthday? . What was important about Stratford-upon-Avon in the 16th century? .