Shakespeare in Cyber Space!
This is an internet scavenger hunt. You must answer each of the questions using information from the appropriate website. Please note that some addresses will take you directly to the answer, while others will take you to a page where you will have to follow other links to locate the answers.
SHAKESPEARE LIFE http://www.britannica.com/shakespeare/macro/5009/50.html
1. What is traditionally regarded as the date of Shakespeare’s birth? ______
2. Where was Shakespeare born?______
3. What is the only date relating to his birth for which we have an actual record, and why was the record created? ______
4. Describe Shakespeare’s early childhood. Include details about his parents, siblings, and education. ______http://www.william-shakespeare.info/william-shakespeare-biography-stratford.htm
5. Where is Shakespeare’s hometown located? Be specific. ______http://www.william-shakespeare.info/william-shakespeare-biography-childhood-and- education.htm
6. In which year would William Shakespeare have started his education at the King’s New School in Stratford and what year did he stop? ______
7. What is a hornbook?______http://www.william-shakespeare.org.uk/education-of-william-shakespeare.htm What type of studies did Shakespeare learn from this school? ______
How long was the school day? ______
How many days did Shakespeare attend school and which day was a half- holiday? ______
http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/timeline/timeline.htm
8. Who did Shakespeare marry and when?______
9. Why was this marriage a hasty one?______
10. Name Shakespeare’s children and their dates of birth: ______
11. Which of Shakespeare’s children died at the age of 11?______
12. When did Shakespeare die? ______
SHAKESPEARE’S PLAYS http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/timeline/timeline.htm
13. What was the name of the first play Shakespeare published? When was it published? How many plays did he write in total?
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14. Describe one of the theories about what Shakespeare might have been doing during the “Lost Years”______
15. How do we know Shakespeare was involved in the London theater scene by 1592?______
SHAKESPEARE’S CULTURE http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk
16. What was one sport required by all upper class nobility? ______
17. How much bread would the average Lower Class Elizabethan consume in one day? ______
18. What was the major Elizabethan holiday in August? ______
19. Why was it considered unlucky to keep peacock feathers? ______THE GLOBE THEATER http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/xGlobe.html#Original
20. When was the Globe Theater built?______
21. Who financed the construction of the theater?______
22. What was the traditional shape of an Elizabethan theater?______
23. Where were the cheapest seats in the Globe?______
24. True or False: Shakespeare’s original productions were known for their elaborate scenery. http://www.globe-theatre.org.uk/william-shakespeare-actor.htm
What six men became joint owners of the Globe theater? ______
What reputation did actors have and when did it improve? ______
What were the three names of Shakespeare’s acting company and why did the name change to the last one? ______http://www.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/englisch/shakespeare/70.html
Who built the globe? ______
How was acting different in Shakespeare’s day? ______http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/ent/A0840630.html 26. What story from mythology probably forms the basis for Romeo and Juliet? ______
27. In this story, what did the male character think had happened to the female character? ______
28. According to this story, what now serves as a constant reminder of the young couple’s true love? ______http://the-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/romeo_juliet/romeo_juliet.1.0.html
29. What epithet is used to describe Romeo and Juliet in the prologue to the play? ______http://www.renfaire.com/Language/index.html
30. What does enow mean?______
31. What does aroint mean?______
32. How would a proper Elizabethan say goodbye?______http://www.pangloss.com/seidel/Shaker
33. How many plays did Shakespeare write? ______
34. Shakespeare’s plays are not boring and dull. They had to be entertaining for the crowds that came to see them. So, many of Shakespeare’s plays have jokes (sometimes quite rude!) and insults. Consult this website to get a sample of an insult. List 4 of them.