Studied by 22 peopleWhen was Shakespeare born?
April 23, 1564
When did Shakespeare die?
April 23, 1616
What town was Shakespeare born in?
Stratford
What was his father’s occupation?
Glove Maker and then Mayor of Stratford
How long did Shakespeare go to school?
Until he was 14
What did Shakespeare learn at school?
English, phonics, and books
Who did Shakespeare marry?
Anne Hathaway
How old was he and how old was she?
18 and 26
Which of Shakespeare's children died?
Hamnet
How did Hamnet die?
Bubonic plague
What is the legal age to marry in England?
21
Why did you need to be 21 to marry in England?
It was just the legal age
How did London differ from Stratford?
Many people in many different trades
Why did the playhouses shut down?
Plague
Where were Shakespeare’s plays performed?
Globe Theater
When did the Globe Theater burn down?
1613
How did the Globe Theater burn down?
Use of cannons in a play
What else ended with the end of the “Globe“?
Shakespeare’s desire to write
What is Shakespeare’s last solo play or “Swan Song“?
“The Tempest”
How did Shakespeare spend his money?
Bought land in Stratford
Why was his first folio so important?
36 of Shakespeare’s plays were collected
How many images do we have which are sure to depict Shakespeare?
2
Where is one of the images that is sure to depict Shakespeare?
Holy Trinity Church
List three words Shakespeare made
Bedroom, Gossip, Eyeball, etc…
What else did Shakespeare give to English?
Expanded the language and made phrases
What was Shakespeare’s form of writing?
Iambic Pentameter
When was the first folio made?
1623
What happened in 8th Century B.C.?
The founding of Rome
Who were the Early Rulers?
Etruscans
Who was the last ruler of the Etruscans?
Tarquin the Proud
How was Tarquin as a ruler?
Mean and cruel
When was Rome’s Government made?
509 B.C.
What was Rome’s Government?
Republic
What was consisted in Rome’s Government?
Patricians and Plebeians
When was Julius Caesar’s birth?
100 B.C.
When was the 1st Triumvirate made?
60 B.C.
Who was in the 1st Triumvitrate?
Pompey, Caesar, and Crassus
Who dies in 54 B.C.?
Julia
When did Caesar cross the Rubacon?
49 B.C.
Who told Caesar not to cross Rubicon?
Pompey
When did the Civil War begin?
48 B.C.
Who fled to Egypt to escape Casear?
Pompey
Who beheads Pompey?
Ptolemy
When does the play begin?
When Caesar returns from defeating Pompey and his sons
When does Caesar return from defeating Pompey?
44 B.C.
When does Caesar get assassinated?
March 15, 44 B.C.
When was the 2nd Triumvirate made?
43 B.C.
Who was in the 2nd Triumvirate?
Lepidus, Octavius, and Antony
What happens to Lepidus?
Leaves to become a priest
Who is Octavius?
Caesar’s nephew
What does Octavius become?
Augustus Caesar Emperor
How long did Octavius rule?
27 B.C. to 14 A.D.
Why does Octavius become Emperor instead of Antony?
Antony wasted time in Egypt with Cleopatra and wasn’t ruling
Who is the source of the timeline?
Plutorch
What is the name of the source?
“Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans”
Who was Plutorch?
Greek historian
How long did Plutorch live?
46 - 120 A.D.
How did Caesar react to Pompey’s death?
He was mad at Ptolemy.
When was the Globe first built?
1598
What was the first play in the Globe Theater?
Julius Casear
When was the first play performed in the Globe?
1599
How many people did the Globe hold?
2,000 people
When did the Globe close?
Weather, plague, and religious holidays
Who could act in plays?
Men
What was the cost to sit in the pit?
1 penny
What was the cost to sit on the bottom level?
2 pennies
What was the cost to sit on the middle level?
4 pennies
What was the cost of the top level?
6 pennies
What would the white flag on the Globe represent?
There was going to be a play that day
Why was it more expensive at the top?
Can hear better than the lower levels
What were the people who sit in the pit called?
Groundlings
What was the hut used for?
Used for “flying“ and sound effects
What was the discovery space used for?
Used for actors to perform monologues or soliloquies
What was the trap door used for?
Used for props or “ghosts“
When does Julius Caesar began?
February 15, 44 B.C.
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