FRIENDS' CONNECTION!!: 2 Jul 2010

1. WHEN AND WHERE WAS HE BORN?

Shakespeare was born in 1564 into a prosperous family in Stratford-upon-Avon, UK. Although there is no record of his birth, it is presumed that Shakespeare was born on 23 April.

2. WHAT DID HIS FATHER DO?

3. WHO DID HE MARRY?

1582
Married Anne Hathaway from nearby Shottery in November 1582, possibly in a Catholic ceremony.

4. HOW MANY CHILDREN DID THEY HAVE AND WHAT WERE THEIR NAMES?

5. WHEN AND WHERE DID HE DIE?

B/ SHAKESPEARE, THE PLAYWRIGHT

http://shakespeare.about.com/od/theplays/u/plays.htm

http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/SLT/plays/playssubj.html

6. WHEN AND WHERE DID HE START WRITING?

1592
By this time, Shakespeare had moved to London and established himself as a populardramatist. We don’t know when Shakespeare moved to London, but it is widely accepted that it happened in the late 1580s.

7. WHAT OTHER JOBS DID HE DO APART FROM WRITING?

Shakespeare also worked as an actor in the theater company

8. NAME HIS MOST IMPORTANT PLAYS.

Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream

9. WHAT IS THE MAIN CLASSIFICATION OF HIS PLAYS?

Comedies, Tragedies and Histories

C/ LONDON IN SHAKESPEARE'S TIME

http://elizabethan.org/compendium/27.html

http://www.tomecek.com/jay/RecreationandSports.html

http://shakespeare.about.com/od/theglobe/a/Th_Expereince.htm

10. WHAT WAS LONDON LIKE IN SHAKESPEARE'S TIME?

11. WHAT WERE THE MAIN ENTERTAINMENTS FOR THE PEOPLE?

Two sports now considered inhumane were active twice a week in London.

Large crowds of both men and women of all classes flocked to see bear baiting or bull baiting

Team sports gained in popularity during Elizabeth's reign. They, too, were rough and violent like the sports involving animals. Common men played football (not an ancestor of American football, despite the similarities) received its name not because the ball was kicked but because all the players went on foot. It was extremely violent as there were few rules. Hurling, a combination of hockey and polo, had some players on foot, others on horseback. The object of the game was to strike a ball (with a stick or a club) so that it went over the opponents' goal.

12.WHAT WAS THE THEATRE EXPERIENCE IN LONDON IN SHAKESPEARE'S TIME?