PPT-Shakespeare’s Stage

The Playing Field Mystery Play Mystery plays are among the earliest form of plays in medieval Europe They focused on Bible stories and were frequently organized and performed by craft guilds Other Entertainment. Theatre and . Metatheatre. Elizabethan anxiety about the . theatre. New buildings: The Theatre (1576); The Curtain (1577). Philip . Stubbes. , . The . Anatomie. of . Abuses. , 1583. :. ‘…. but mark the flocking and running to Theatres and Curtains, daily and hourly, night and day, time and tide, to see plays and interludes, where such wanton gestures, such bawdy speeches, such laughing and fleering, such kissing and bussing, such clipping and culling, such winking and glancing of wanton eyes, and the like is used, as is wonderful to behold. Then these goodly pageants being done, every mate sorts to his mate, every one brings another homeward of their way very friendly, and in their secret conclaves (covertly) they play the sodomites, or worse. And these be the fruits of plays and interludes, for the most part. And whereas, you say, there are good examples to be learned in them: truly so there are. Background Notes on . Shakespeare and His Career. With a Focus on The Tragedy of . Romeo & Juliet. A Shakespearean Joke. While visiting his Grandma in Texas, Billy spotted a bowlegged cowboy. “Look at . Greetings from me, The Bard, England’s greatest poet and storyteller. You thought I was just the greatest writer? I am also the rudest man in England!. LEARNING OBJECTIVES. By the end of this lesson: . 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 . Romeo & Juliet. Ms. Forsyth and Mr. Bernstein. Honors English 9. Bear Creek High School. This presentation will…. inform you about the life and work of the mysterious William Shakespeare.. provide you details about Elizabethan society and theater.. Shakespeare in production. AUDIENCE. UPSTAGE. DOWNSTAGE. CENTRE STAGE. UPSTAGE RIGHT. UPSTAGE LEFT. STAGE RIGHT. STAGE LEFT. DOWNSTAGE RIGHT. DOWNSTAGE LEFT. When talking or writing about staging, it is useful to know the words for the different areas of the stage.. 1564-1616. The “be-all and end-all” of dramatists. CLICK ON SPEAKER TO HEAR SOUND. CHILDHOOD. Born in . Stratford-upon-Avon. Son of a glove-maker. Grammar school education. (6am-6pm) boys studied Latin:Cicero,Virgil,Ovid, and Seneca. 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.. 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.. Playtexts. and Performance Texts . Part 2.. Shakespeare’s Beginnings. Snug: Have you the lion’s part written? Pray you, if it be, give it me; for I am slow of study.. Quince: You may do it extempore*, for it is nothing but roaring. Stratford-upon-Avon. Father: John Shakespeare. Mother: Mar y Arden. Wife: Anne Hathaway. Susana, Judeth, Hamnet. 1564-1616. First job: stage manager and actor. William Shakespeare. First plays: . Henry VI, Titus Andronicus, & The Comedy of Errors (1591-92). Introduction to Shakespeare Notes. Today’s . Focus Questions:. Who is Shakespeare?. Why is Shakespeare so hard to read?. How can I get better at reading Shakespeare?. Why are we reading Shakespeare?. 1. Shakespearean drama works through a reversal of fate. 2. Shakespearean drama works with contrasts. 3. Shakespearean drama works with illusions and is often . about. illusions. 1. After the beginning – Reversal of Fate. Stagecraft. Read the . factual information about the life of Shakespeare and answer the following questions in full sentences:. In what year did the Gunpowder Plot take place?. Shakespeare died on 23.