Transcript Julius Caesar Introduction PowerPoint

Introduction to William
Shakespeare and Julius Caesar
Keep these notes until we complete the Julius Caesar unit.
Who is William Shakespeare?
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Nickname: The _________
“____”)
(Bard means
Birthday: Generally unknown, but it is
assumed to be April 23, 1564.
 Death: April 23, 1616 (He was 52 years
old. Yes, he died on his presumed
birthday.)
 Siblings: He was the third of eight
children. He was the first of four boys.
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Shakespeare’s Childhood
Grew up in Stratford, _________________
 Scholars attempt to reconstruct Shakespeare’s
life because legal documents do not normally
exist for children.
 We know Shakespeare studied Latin and
acquired some basic skills in Greek.
 A contemporary playwright and friend, Ben
Jonson, indicates Shakespeare did not attend
_____________ .
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Shakespeare as an Adult
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When he was 18, in November 1582, he married
___________ __________________, who was
26 years old.
Anne was already three months pregnant when
they were married!
The couple had twins in 1585, _____________
and _________________. Hamnet died at the
age of 11.
Records cannot indicate where Shakespeare was
between the ages of 21 and 28 years old.
Records find him again in 1592 when he was an
actor and a playwright in ________________.
Stage Success
In 1594, Shakespeare joined the
__________ ______________
___________, an acting company.
 At this time, he wrote history plays.
 In 1597, he finally purchased New Place,
one of the largest homes in Stratford, and
he secured a _________ ___
_________for his family.
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The Globe Theatre
In 1597, the lease expired on the Lord
Chamberlain’s playhouse, called The
Theatre.
 The acting company was forced to
perform at various playhouses until 1599
when the ___________
____________was finished being built.
 __________ _____________may have
been the first play performed in The Globe
Theatre.
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The Globe Theatre
The Globe Theatre
A rectangular stage platform was in the
middle of the open-air yard.
 The stage itself was projected into the pit
which allowed the audience to view the
plays from the front and sides.
 This also allowed for actors to have close
contact with most audiences.
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The Globe Theatre
On this stage there was a trap door for
use by the performers to enter from
beneath the stage.
 This area beneath the stage was known as
the ‘cellarage’.
 There was a second trapdoor in the back
of the stage that was used for the same
purpose
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The Globe Theatre
On two sides of the stage were large
columns called ‘stage-posts’.
 They supported a half-roof over a portion
of the stage.
 This ceiling was called the ‘heavens’ and
was painted with images of the sky.
 The half-roof over the upper balcony and
the back of the main stage served as a
hut that contained machinery to produce
sound effects and various special effects.
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The Globe Theatre
The back wall of the stage consisted of
three doors on the first floor and a
balcony on the second.
 The doors led to the backstage area,
known as the ‘tiring house’, where actors
dressed and awaited their entrances.
 The musicians usually occupied the
balcony. It was also used for scenes that
required and upper space.
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The Globe Theatre
The balcony was also sometimes used as
the ‘Lord’s Room’, where higher-paying
audience members could pay to get the
best view in the theatre.
 The Globe Theatre only gave
performances only during daylight hours
because they had no artificial lights.
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The Globe Theatre
The cheapest part of the theatre was the
yard on all three sides of the stage. It was
a standing area for which a ticket could be
purchased for one penny.
 The people found in this area were usually
the poorest theatre-goers, such as the
city’s common laborers.
 1,000 of them usually fit into the Globe’s
yard area.
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The Globe Theatre
The three galleries held the other 2,000
attendees. The cost of a ticket to one of
the three galleries was two pennies.
 Seating was available, and a cushion could
have been purchased for an extra penny.
 Although the three galleries cost the same
amount of money to sit in, the middle
gallery was considered to be the highest
status.
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The Globe Theatre
The lower gallery was too close for comfort to
the yard, while the upper gallery served as a
meeting place for unsavory business deals, and
a working ground for local prostitutes.
 The most expensive seats in the theatre were
located above the rear of the stage. These seats
provided separation from the masses in the rest
of the theatre, and a place for the rich to show
off.
 Tickets for the ‘Lords Rooms’ were sold for six
pennies each.
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The Globe Theatre
The setting was usually unknown to the
audience until the characters identified it with a
few lines of dialogue.
 In addition, the main stage of the Globe Theatre
had no curtain.
 One scene had to follow the other quickly
because there was no curtain to close and open
and no scenery to change.
 Although the stage lacked scenery details,
various props were used.
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Clothing in Elizabethan England
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Julius Caesar
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“I came. I saw. I
conquered.”
Full Name: Gaius Julius
Caesar.
Position: A great Roman
General and Statesman
Date of Birth: 12th or
13th July, 100 BC.
Place of Birth: Rome or
Italy.
Date of Death: 15th
March, 44 BC.
Famous For: Conquest
of Gaul and raiding of
Britain.
Facts on Julius Caesar:
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Julius Caesar was the first Roman emperor to issue
________________ bearing his own name.
He was the first Roman ruler who held many
offices. Apart from this he was a good scholar and
author.
Julius Caesar was married three times and also had
affairs with Cleopatra VII.
He was the last roman __________________.
Caesar decided to use a solar measure of time that
became known as the __________ calendar; his
system is the basis of the modern calendar. He
changed the name of the month Quintilis to Julius
(July), after his name.