William Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s Stats l Born: April 23, 1564 in Stratford–upon-Avon, England l Middle Class Family: - Father – glove maker, who later became the town’s mayor - Mother- distantly related to wealth - Education: - Local grammar school (common for middle class children) - Studied Latin + Ancient Roman Writers - Married Life: - Married Anne Hathaway at 18 years-old - 3 children: daughter and twins (boy+girl)
Career in Theater l By 1592 - successful playwright in London l 1596: Romeo + Juliet first performed l Part-Owner of “Lord Chamberlain’s Men” ¡Later dubbed “King’s Men” because of King James’ support ¡Traveling acting group; earned solid income
The Globe Theater
The Globe Theatre Could fit up to 3, 000 people Open-air arena called “the pit” surrounded the stage on three sides. In the middle are the “groundlings, ” who paid the cheapest ticket price and were not protected by the roof.
Special Features l Smoke Machine l Gun Fire l Trap-doors l Flying Across Stage l Fireworks l Actors- no Actresses! l “Cue Acting”
l An Inside Perspective!
Why Did It All End? l Bubonic Plague ¡ 1592 -1594 – slowed productions; Shakespeare focused on poetry (started up again in 1594 until 1613) l Puritan Religion ¡Anti-theater, excessive waste of both time + money ¡Entertainment l Fire l 1613: Fire burned down the original Globe Theater l Hidden for 394 years- foundation discovered in 1989 – rebuilt in London
Sonnets: Shakespeare’s Specialty! l Fourteen-line Lyric Poems l “Sonetto” – Italian for “little song” l 1609: Shakespeare’s Sonnettes published l Sonnet’s three main groupings: ¡ Sonnets 1 -126 address or reference concern about a young man ¡ Sonnets 127 -152 address or reference concern about a dark lady (hair, facial features + character) ¡ Sonnets 153 -154 are adaptations of Greek mythological poems
Shakespearean Sonnet Format l Three Quatrains (four line stanza) + Rhyming Couplet = 14 lines total l Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG ¡ GG = Rhyming Couplet l Wrap-up of the sonnet l Each Line = 10 Syllables (Iambic Pentameter) ¡ But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?
The End Is Drawing Near… l Moved from London back to Stratford-upon. Avon; retired with wife and kids l Due to enormous popularity of plays + poems, earned a coat of arms and lived like a gentleman l No definitive record of death, but most records state his death as April 23, 1616 (52 years old, exactly!)
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