William Shakespeare

Birth- Born on April 23, 1564

-Baptismal record gives approximate date of birth.

-Parents were John Shakespeare, a glover, and Mary Arden

Shakespeare’s Bedroom

-King Edward VI Grammar School -Latin and History were the 2 main

subjects. -Completed school at age fourteen

School

-Anne Hathaway was his wife-He was eighteen; she was 26-Suzanna, Judith, and Hamnet

Marriage

Anne Hathaway’s Cottage

The Lost YearsWhy leave Stratford?

-Traveling group of actors during the plague.

-Poaching deer on a neighbor’s land.

-Arrived in London between 1586-1587

The Royal Family

-Queen Elizabeth I ruled during much of Shakespeare’s career.

-Had a fondness for the arts and often commanded court presentations which helped Shakespeare rise to fame.

The Acting Companies

-1594, Shakespeare joined the …

-Lord Chamberlain’s men. Wrote and acted for the company.

-Stayed for twenty years

-Averaged writing two plays a year

-They became “The King’s Men” when James I became their patron.

-The main rival company was The Admiral’s Men

1588-93 - The Comedy of Errors1588-92 - Henry VI (three parts)1592-93 - Richard III1592-94 - Titus Andronicus1593-94 - The Taming of the Shrew1593-94 - The Two Gentlemen of Verona1593-1600 - "Sonnets"1588-95 - Love's Labor's Lost1594-96 - Romeo and Juliet1595 - Richard II1594-96 - A Midsummer Night's Dream1590-97 - King John1596-97 - The Merchant of Venice1597 - Henry IV (Part I)1597-98 - Henry IV (Part II)1598-1600 - Much Ado About Nothing1598-99 - Henry V1599 - Julius Caesar1599-1600 - As You Like It

1600-02 - Twelfth Night1600-OI - Hamlet1597-1601 - The Merry Wives of Windsor160I-02 - Troilus and Cressida1602-04 - All's Well That Ends Well1603-04 - Othello1604 - Measure for Measure1604-09 - Timon of Athens1605-06 - King Lear1605-06 - Macbeth1606-07 - Antony and Cleopatra1607-09 - Coriolanus1608-09 - Pericles1609-IO - Cymbeline16IO-II - The Winter's Tale16II - The Tempest16I2-I3 - Henry VIII16I3 - The Two Noble Kinsmen

The Globe- Built in 1599

-Re-built in 1613 after fire

-Stage-Thrust stage

-Costumes- “hand me downs”

- “Bad Seats”- on the floor for groundlings

-Price – about a penny

-Actors- no women

Death - April 23, 1616 Holy Trinity

Church

Good friend, for Jesus sake forbearTo dig the dust enclosed hereBlessed be the man that spares these stonesAnd cursed be he that moves my bones.

Publishing

-First Folio

-Printed in 1623

-Contained 36 Plays

The Three Types of Plays-The Tragedy

Death of main characters and hope.

-The Comedy

Mistaken identities and a wedding

-The History

Based on real person

Shakespearean Insults

• Example:– Thou puking, dizzy-eyed, mammet– Thou bootless, idle-headed, flap-dragon

Shakespearean Insults• Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 • artless base-court apple-john• bawdy bat-fowling baggage• beslubbering beef-witted barnacle• bootless beetle-headed bladder• cockered clapper-clawed bugbear• clouted clay-brained bum-bailey• craven common-kissing canker-blossom• currish crook-pated clack-dish• dankish dismal-dreaming clotpole• dissembling dizzy-eyed coxcomb• droning doghearted codpiece• errant dread-bolted death-token• fawning earth-vexing dewberry• fobbing elf-skinned flap-dragon• froward fat-kidneyed flax-wench• gleeking flap-mouthed foot-licker• goatish fly-bitten fustilarian• gorbellied folly-fallen giglet• impertinent fool-born gudgeon• infectious full-gorged haggard• jarring guts-griping harpy

Shakespeare’s Language

• Did people actually speak that way?

Word Arrangement

I ate the sandwich.I the sandwich ate.Ate the sandwich I.Ate I the sandwich.The sandwich I ate.The sandwich ate I.

Omissions

"Have you been to class yet?""No, I have not been to class.  I heard that Mrs. Ulen is giving a test today.""What is up with that?"

Shakespeare’s Omissions

• 'tis ~ it isope ~ openo'er ~ overgi' ~ givene'er ~ neveri' ~ ine'er ~ everoft ~ oftena' ~ hee'en ~ even

Quotes

But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,Who is already sick and pale with griefThat thou, her maid, art far more fair than she. . . .The brightness of her cheek would shame those starsAs daylight doth a lamp; her eye in heavenWould through the airy region stream so brightThat birds would sing and think it were not night.

Quotes

But wait, what’s that light in the window over there? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. Rise up, beautiful sun, and kill the jealous moon. The moon is already sick and pale with grief because you, Juliet, her maid, are more beautiful than she …The brightness of her cheeks would outshine the stars the way the sun outshines a lamp. If her eyes were in the night sky, they would shine so brightly through space that birds would start singing, thinking her light was the light of day.

Quotes

Petruchio: Come, come, you wasp, i’faith you are too angry.Katherine: If I be waspish, best beware my sting.Petruchio: My remedy is then to pluck it out.Katherine: Ay, if the fool could find where it lies.Petruchio: Who knows not where a wasp does wear his sting? In his tail.Katherine: In his tongue.Petruchio: Whose tongue?Katherine: Yours, if you talk of tales, and so farewell.Petruchio: What, with my tongue in your tail?

Quotes

PETRUCHIO Come, my little wasp—you’re too angry.KATHERINE If I’m a wasp, look out for my stinger.PETRUCHIO All I have to do is remove it.KATHERINE True, if a fool such as yourself could find it.PETRUCHIO Everyone knows where a wasp wears its

stinger. In its tail.KATHERINE No, in its tongue.PETRUCHIO Whose tongue?KATHERINE Yours, if we’re talking about tales.I’m

leaving.PETRUCHIO You’re leaving with my tongue in your tail?

No, come back, Kate. I’m too much of a gentleman.

Vocabulary

• 1. Profaners of this neighbor-stained steel -/Will they not hear? What ho! You men, you beasts,

• 2. That quench the fire of your pernicious rage/With purple fountains issuing from your veins,

• 1. Men who turn their weapons against their own neighbors—They won’t listen to me?—You there! You men, you beasts,

• 2. who satisfy your anger with fountains of each others' blood!

Doust Thou Get It?

1. Your Honour’s players, hearing your amendment, are come to play a pleasant comedy.

Doust Thou Get It?

Your Honor’s actors, hearing of your recovery, have come to perform a pleasing comedy for you

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