Transcript Well-known Facts about Will

Well-known Facts about Will
• Great writer of England
• Plays translated into 100s
of languages, musicals,
ballets
• Born Stratford-upon-Avon
• Well-to-do, affluent while
alive
• Most quoted, other than
the Bible
Lesser-known Facts
• Teen father: married
pregnant 26 year old Anne
Hathaway when he was 18
• Deadbeat dad: Left wife
and children for London
stage career
• Father of twins
• Elizabethan rapper: uses
rhythm and rhyme
• “Plagiarism” ?
The Competition
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Bear-baiting
Races
Gambling
Music
Drinking/socializing
Prostitution
Public executions
Conditions in London-BAD!
• Thames River
polluted with raw
sewage
• Trees used up for
fuel
• Poverty
Personal hygiene/health
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Bathing considered dangerous
Body odor strong
Childhood diseases
Children often died before 5 years
Small Pox
Bubonic Plague
Living Conditions
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• No running
water
• Chamber Pots
• Open Sewers
• Crowded
Clothes
• One set used all year
long, rarely washed
• Underclothing slept in,
infrequently changed
• Clothes handed down
from rich to poor
Theater in London
• Performed in courtyards
of inns
• The Theater-first public
theater-1576
• Daytime/open air
• Limited set design
• Relied on music, sound,
costumes, props and great
description
The Globe
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Built in 1599
Across the Thames- “Wrong side of town”
King’s Players - Shakespeare’s company
Penny admission
Actors
• All men
• Female parts played
by young boys
• No actual kissing or
hugging on stage
The groundling
• Poor audience member
• Stood around stage in
“the pit”
• Women not allowed
(had to dress up as
men to attend)
• Threw rotten
vegetables at bad
performances
Queen Elizabeth
• Daughter of King Henry
VIII
• and Ann Boleyn (2nd of 6
wives)
• Henry had Ann beheaded
for “treason”
• Younger sister of “Bloody
Mary.”
• A tease and a player
Her “loving” parents
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The Renaissance
• 1500-1650
• “Rebirth” of arts, culture,
science
• Discovery of “New
World”
• Copernicus: Sun-centered
Universe (1543)
• King Henry VIII =
renaissance man (ideal)
• Reformation of Catholic
Church
“Julius Caesar”
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Tragedy
Written in 1599
Set in Rome, 44 BC
Themes: jealousy, betrayal, demands of honor,
and conspiracy
The play reflected the general
anxiety of England over
succession of leadership
• At the time of its creation and first
performance, Queen Elizabeth, a strong
ruler, was elderly and had refused to name a
successor, leading to worries that a civil
war similar to that of Rome might break out
after her death.
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Times of Rome in 44 B.C.
Elizabethan England
Roman Senate (circa 44 B.C.)
Julius Caesar (historical figure)
The death of Julius Caesar (historical)
• 500 words, MLA, at least 2 sources (no in-text citations
needed)
• Due Friday, 14th