Intro to Drama
... themes, usually centering on a great personality who is destroyed by his own passion and ambition. Examples: Doctor Faustus (“Is this the face…”) Macbeth (“Fair is foul and foul is fair”) Hamlet (“To be or not to be”) Othello (“Tis neither here nor there”) King Lear (“Nothing will come of ...
... themes, usually centering on a great personality who is destroyed by his own passion and ambition. Examples: Doctor Faustus (“Is this the face…”) Macbeth (“Fair is foul and foul is fair”) Hamlet (“To be or not to be”) Othello (“Tis neither here nor there”) King Lear (“Nothing will come of ...
Who Was Shakespeare
... Little is actually known for sure about the man we call William Shakespeare, although his is a name familiar to nearly every English speaking person. His birthday is a guess, and just what he looked like is a mystery. Even his identity itself is sometimes disputed. But most people today consider Sha ...
... Little is actually known for sure about the man we call William Shakespeare, although his is a name familiar to nearly every English speaking person. His birthday is a guess, and just what he looked like is a mystery. Even his identity itself is sometimes disputed. But most people today consider Sha ...
The Globe Theatre - MendenhallEnglish
... straw cushion for the seat you paid 3 pennies • The stage was a _______ stage • All parts were played by _______ • A woman acting in a play would have been shameless and a serious breach of social custom ...
... straw cushion for the seat you paid 3 pennies • The stage was a _______ stage • All parts were played by _______ • A woman acting in a play would have been shameless and a serious breach of social custom ...
Slide 1 - English 10
... and Mary Arden • At eighteen, William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway and had three children. ...
... and Mary Arden • At eighteen, William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway and had three children. ...
Piece - Trinity College London
... And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak, yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound: I grant I never saw a goddess go, My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground: And yet by heaven, I think my love as r ...
... And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak, yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound: I grant I never saw a goddess go, My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground: And yet by heaven, I think my love as r ...
Script Writing
... Shakespeare’s ability to summarize the range of human emotions in simple yet profoundly eloquent verse is perhaps the greatest reason for his popularity. 2) Great Stories ...
... Shakespeare’s ability to summarize the range of human emotions in simple yet profoundly eloquent verse is perhaps the greatest reason for his popularity. 2) Great Stories ...
`Writing` Shakespeare on Polish television: a review of some
... discussion of the similarities and differences between the productions and the Bard’s plays, or ‘writing’ Shakespeare on Polish television, will go along these two major lines. Within these, I will first look at how television adaptation affects and transforms the original Elizabethan stage conventi ...
... discussion of the similarities and differences between the productions and the Bard’s plays, or ‘writing’ Shakespeare on Polish television, will go along these two major lines. Within these, I will first look at how television adaptation affects and transforms the original Elizabethan stage conventi ...
Shakespeare Pre-reading Research
... Research the following topics/questions and record on a separate piece of paper. (Total: 15 points) 1. Give a short (paragraph or two) about William Shakespeare – birth, death, number of plays/sonnets/poems, family life (wife, children), theatre life, interesting facts. (2 points) 2. Who were the tw ...
... Research the following topics/questions and record on a separate piece of paper. (Total: 15 points) 1. Give a short (paragraph or two) about William Shakespeare – birth, death, number of plays/sonnets/poems, family life (wife, children), theatre life, interesting facts. (2 points) 2. Who were the tw ...
The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet
... actor & playwright by the time he was 28 Became member & stockholder of Lord Chamberlain’s Men (an acting company) Lord Chamberlain’s Men was the most popular company of actors in England ...
... actor & playwright by the time he was 28 Became member & stockholder of Lord Chamberlain’s Men (an acting company) Lord Chamberlain’s Men was the most popular company of actors in England ...
Now is the winter of our discontent, made
... Chamberlain’s Men. • Became the King’s Men later in his career. • The Globe Theatre was his most famous theatre. • Produced most of his known work between 1589 and 1613. • First Folio was published in 1623. • “Titus Andronicus” was his first play to be published. ...
... Chamberlain’s Men. • Became the King’s Men later in his career. • The Globe Theatre was his most famous theatre. • Produced most of his known work between 1589 and 1613. • First Folio was published in 1623. • “Titus Andronicus” was his first play to be published. ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616) Work with the members of
... William Shakespeare ___________________ in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564 on April 23rd. His father ___________________ a glove maker and an important man in the town. Shakespeare attended school and he ___________________ classical poetry, plays and history that later inspired his plays. He left schoo ...
... William Shakespeare ___________________ in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564 on April 23rd. His father ___________________ a glove maker and an important man in the town. Shakespeare attended school and he ___________________ classical poetry, plays and history that later inspired his plays. He left schoo ...
Shakespeare the Dramatist
... might seek to emphasize and so on. From this approach, an appreciation of Shakespeare’s poetic skill, his use of imagery and metaphor and the underlying themes of the play, arises naturally and easily. Students also consider what advantages the modern theater has over an Elizabethan playhouse, and v ...
... might seek to emphasize and so on. From this approach, an appreciation of Shakespeare’s poetic skill, his use of imagery and metaphor and the underlying themes of the play, arises naturally and easily. Students also consider what advantages the modern theater has over an Elizabethan playhouse, and v ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616) William Shakespeare was
... King’s Men”. He stayed with this group for many years. He worked as a dramatist and actor. In 1599 the company built “The Globe”, a theatre near London. Shakespeare wrote some of his great tragedies and comedies around this time. He created Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth and Twelfth Night. Shak ...
... King’s Men”. He stayed with this group for many years. He worked as a dramatist and actor. In 1599 the company built “The Globe”, a theatre near London. Shakespeare wrote some of his great tragedies and comedies around this time. He created Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth and Twelfth Night. Shak ...
william shakespeare
... stage there were very few props, but the actors always had very elaborate costumes. There were no actresses so women’s parts were played by boys. There were no microphones either, and as the crowds shouted and drank, it became very noisy. The actors had to repeat their lines in different places on t ...
... stage there were very few props, but the actors always had very elaborate costumes. There were no actresses so women’s parts were played by boys. There were no microphones either, and as the crowds shouted and drank, it became very noisy. The actors had to repeat their lines in different places on t ...
Elizabethan theatre English Renaissance theatre, also known as
... Some of the text is in prose. In order to make sense, the text should be read to the punctuation, not to the end of a line. The speech should not sound like you are performing poetry - it should seem as natural speech. 9 Audience The groundlings paid a small entry fee and stood for the duration of t ...
... Some of the text is in prose. In order to make sense, the text should be read to the punctuation, not to the end of a line. The speech should not sound like you are performing poetry - it should seem as natural speech. 9 Audience The groundlings paid a small entry fee and stood for the duration of t ...
Introduction to Shakespeare
... 2) *Find a picture of men and women’s fashion. Sketch below and label some of the key features. Eg. Men in tights! ...
... 2) *Find a picture of men and women’s fashion. Sketch below and label some of the key features. Eg. Men in tights! ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPREARE
... Theatre scripts – not regarded as literary works of art, but only bases for the performance; John Heminges and Henry Condell preserved his 36 plays “To keep the memory of so worthy a friend and fellow alive” ...
... Theatre scripts – not regarded as literary works of art, but only bases for the performance; John Heminges and Henry Condell preserved his 36 plays “To keep the memory of so worthy a friend and fellow alive” ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
... 154 sonnets (a special type of poem with 14 lines), and some other poems. He is best 7______________ (know) for his plays, which have been 8______________________ (translate) into every major language and are performed more than those of any other playwright in the world. When William Shakespeare wa ...
... 154 sonnets (a special type of poem with 14 lines), and some other poems. He is best 7______________ (know) for his plays, which have been 8______________________ (translate) into every major language and are performed more than those of any other playwright in the world. When William Shakespeare wa ...
Shakespeare Notes
... • Very few sets, very little scenery • The stage was “set” by the language • Costumes were often elaborate • Female parts played by young men or ...
... • Very few sets, very little scenery • The stage was “set” by the language • Costumes were often elaborate • Female parts played by young men or ...
London and Shakespeare
... The Elizabethan Era (1558 -1603) • A golden age in English history. • height of the English Renaissance, and the growing of English literature and poetry. • Elizabethan theatre grew and William Shakespeare, among others, composed plays that broke away from England's past style of plays. • More peo ...
... The Elizabethan Era (1558 -1603) • A golden age in English history. • height of the English Renaissance, and the growing of English literature and poetry. • Elizabethan theatre grew and William Shakespeare, among others, composed plays that broke away from England's past style of plays. • More peo ...
ELIZABETHAN PLAYS They show the influence of
... -Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy which mixed the typical Senecan revenge play full of horror and ghosts with Machiavellian ingredients such as intrigue and lies.Kyd also added 'the play within the paly'(the plot includes the staging of the play whose audience is composed of the actors) as a device ...
... -Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy which mixed the typical Senecan revenge play full of horror and ghosts with Machiavellian ingredients such as intrigue and lies.Kyd also added 'the play within the paly'(the plot includes the staging of the play whose audience is composed of the actors) as a device ...
Shakespeare's plays
William Shakespeare's plays have the reputation of being among the greatest in the English language and in Western literature. Traditionally, the plays are divided into the genres of tragedy, history, and comedy; they have been translated into every major living language, in addition to being continually performed all around the world.Many of his plays appeared in print as a series of quartos, but approximately half of them remained unpublished until 1623, when the posthumous First Folio was published. The traditional division of his plays into tragedies, comedies and histories follows the categories used in the First Folio. However, modern criticism has labelled some of these plays ""problem plays"" that elude easy categorisation, or perhaps purposely break generic conventions, and has introduced the term romances for what scholars believe to be his later comedies.When Shakespeare first arrived in London in the late 1580s or early 1590s, dramatists writing for London's new commercial playhouses (such as The Curtain) were combining two different strands of dramatic tradition into a new and distinctively Elizabethan synthesis. Previously, the most common forms of popular English theatre were the Tudor morality plays. These plays, celebrating piety generally, use personified moral attributes to urge or instruct the protagonist to choose the virtuous life over Evil. The characters and plot situations are largely symbolic rather than realistic. As a child, Shakespeare would likely have seen this type of play (along with, perhaps, mystery plays and miracle plays).The other strand of dramatic tradition was classical aesthetic theory. This theory was derived ultimately from Aristotle; in Renaissance England, however, the theory was better known through its Roman interpreters and practitioners. At the universities, plays were staged in a more academic form as Roman closet dramas. These plays, usually performed in Latin, adhered to classical ideas of unity and decorum, but they were also more static, valuing lengthy speeches over physical action. Shakespeare would have learned this theory at grammar school, where Plautus and especially Terence were key parts of the curriculum and were taught in editions with lengthy theoretical introductions.