Download Csata Street Primary School 2015/2016. English Competition III

Csata Street Primary School
2015/2016.
English Competition
III.
New Deadline: 30th April, 2016
1. The Elizabethan Theatre, i.e. theatre experience during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.
(r.1558-1603), can be divided into two main groups such as ...
a. set in London and in Cambridge
b. set in London and in the countryside
c. set at the Court and in the City
2. The Master of Revels was a very important person in the theatre business because he
......................, among his other duties.
a. selected actors and plays
c. sold the tickets in the street
b. made the costumes and scenery by himself
3. The first great actor of this period was ...
a. James Burbage
b. John Webster
c. Richard Burbage
4. Playhouses, specifically open-air amphitheatres, in London were shaped ...
a. circular
b. rectangular
c. polygonal
5. Theatre plays were entertainment for both the rich and the poor, and the Globe Theatre
hosted up to …………. people a night.
a. 1500
b.3000
c. 10000
6. Part of the Globe Theatre stage was a rectangular platform called ...
a. the apron stage
b. the pit
c. the groundling
7. The ticket to see the afternoon play in the Globe Theatre cost the same as ...
a. a barrel of beer
b. a loaf of bread
c. an expensive lady’s dress
Csata Street Primary School
2015/2016.
English Competition
8. The Tiring House in Shakespeare’s time was used for ...
a. actors to get dressed and wait to go on stage
b. audience during the interval
c. the audience to buy food and drink
9. Most people who lived near the Globe Theatre in the 1660s knew about the time and type
of play shown there by ...
a. reading the local newspaper
b. reading the street posters
c. looking at the coloured flags on the theatre
10. The roof of the Globe Theatre was ....
a. made of rubber
b. thatched
c. made of copper
Please return your answers to [email protected]
New Deadline: 30th April, 2016
In order to complete the questions you may visi the following websites ( Please note: The organizers
of this competition cannot take responsibility for the format or the content to be found):
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/theatre/ http://www.shakespeareonline.com/biography/shakespeareboss.html
http://www.bl.uk/treasures/shakespeare/playhouses.html http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/globetheatre-facts.htm http://www.nosweatshakespeare.com/resources/shakespearestheatres/shakespeare-globe-facts/
http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/playground/read/quizzes (Shakespeare’s
Theatre) http://lifeofshakespeare.weebly.com/globe-theatre.html