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Journal What I already know about Shakespeare… (If you don’t know anything about him, that’s FINE! Share your EXPECTATIONS and PREDICTIONS about his life and work instead.) Meet the Bard: William Shakespeare Ms. Geller’s Sensational Sophomores Fall 2013 Shakespeare’s Life Born April 23, 1564, Stratfordon-Avon, England Died on his birthday in 1616 Little is known about his early life Father was a merchant and served one term as mayor Attended Stratford Grammar School until age 14 Studied Latin and Greek, as well as British History and World History Shakespeare’s House in Stratford-on-Avon Shakespeare’s Life, continued Married Anne Hathaway at age 18 Three children: Susanna, Judith and Hamnet Left for London around 1592 Shakespeare and His Theatre Quickly developed a reputation as an actor and playwright; wrote a total of 37 plays Principal playwright of the Lord Chamberlain’s Men Built the Globe Theatre in 1599 Began writing poetry when theatres closed due to plague Theatre company renamed the King’s Men when James I became king in 1603 Retired to Stratford in 1610 Shakespeare’s Theatre No one knows exactly when each play was written Plays consisted of five acts and were approximately two hours long Several distinct sub-genres of drama: Tragedies Comedies Romances History Plays Subject matter based on history and myth; already wellknown to Shakespeare’s audiences Theatre considered an inappropriate vocation for women; female roles typically played by men and boys "Pardon, gentles all, the flat unraised spirits that hath dared On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth so great an object. Can this cockpit hold the vasty fields of France? Or may we cram Within this “Wooden O” the very casques that did affright the air at Agincourt?" Shakespeare’s Theatre, continued… The Globe consisted of a round or octagonal, roofless courtyard with no artificial light Plays performed during daylight hours No scenery; settings were indicated through dialogue Actors wore luxurious Elizabethan clothing, rather than costumes Wealthier playgoers watched from three levels of benches Less wealthy spectators, called “groundlings,” stood and watched from the “pit.” Shakespeare’s Theatre, continued The Globe burned down in 1613 Foundation of original structure discovered in 1990 Re-opened to its first full season in 1997 The Globe Shakespeare’s Language Shakespeare’s plays were written primarily in blank verse—unrhymed iambic pentameter. Iambic pentameter: ten syllables per line, every second syllable accented Commoners speak in prose Shakespeare’s Language, continued Elizabethan English Footnotes are your friends! “Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind; And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind. Nor hath Love’s mind of any judgment taste.65 Wings, and no eyes, figure66 unheedy haste.” 65. Nor…judgment taste: Love, which arises from feelings, is without judgment. 66. figure: Symbolize