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Слайд 2William Shakespeare’s
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William Shakespeare, who is often referred to as the
Bard, which merely means poet, was born in the year
1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, which is a town in England. William Shakespeare’s dad John Shakespeare was a merchant. Because of his father’s social standing. William was able to attend Stratford Grammar School until the age of fourteen for free.
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Here he studied Latin and Greek. Historians loose track
of what happened to William Shakespeare after school until he
marries Anne Hathaway. There is another time for which historians cannot account, these years are know as the “lost years.”
Слайд 4William Shakespeare’s Background
William Shakespeare eventually leaves his family behind and
arrives in London where he joins Lord Chamberlain’s Men, a
successful theater company.
This company changes its name to The King's Men in 1603. Shakespeare stays a member of this company until he retires in 1610. While in the company, Shakespeare made his living three ways: he was part owner of the Globe theatre, he was an actor, and he was a playwright. During this time very little Scenery was used on stage, but was accomplished by Dialogue or conversation between characters.
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Shakespeare was alive during the late Renaissance, which in
England is referred to as the Elizabethan Era. This Era
is named after Queen Elizabeth I, who was Britain's first female monarch. She was the daughter of Henry VIII, who had her mother's head chopped off for not producing a male child.
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Shakespeare and his fellow theatre colleagues were fortunate
that the Queen enjoyed theatre because the theatres were constantly
closed because of the Bubonic Plague and the queen was good about having the theatres reopened. Otherwise, some would have liked to see these theatres, such as the Globe, which held about 2,500 to 3,000 spectators, closed for good.
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When we study William Shakespeare's plays, we usually categorize
them into three genres: comedy, tragedy, and history. Shakespeare was
well known for his Word Play, which is a technique that uses vocabulary that has more than one meaning. Romeo and Juliet, which was written in Shakespeare's early years, is considered a tragedy.
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Romeo and Juliet, however, is not an original story;
Shakespeare retells a story that can be dated back to
as early as fourth century Greece. Shakespeare uses a narrative poem called "Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet," which is written by Arthur Brook, to get most of his information for his play. Shakespeare sets his Romeo and Juliet in Verona, Italy.
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In 1599 the Burbage brothers, who were the first
male actor’s, built the Globe Theatre, of which William Shakespeare
owned ten percent. This theatre, like most theatres, had a flag on the top of it, which indicated to people that there would be a play that day, the color of the flag would indicate the type of play. Plays were performed during the afternoon because they needed to take advantage of the sunlight.
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People called “Groundlings” sat in the cheap seats. Like
all other theaters in Elizabethan England, it had only Men
perform on stage because women were not allowed to act. Most Female roles were played by adolescent boys. Like all other theatres in Elizabethan England, it had only men perform on stage because women were not allowed to act.
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In 1613 the theatre burned down during a performance
of Henry VIII. A canon was accidentally shot into the
thatched roof and the whole theatre was set ablaze. The theatre was rebuilt in 1614 without Shakespeare, for he had retired. Shakespeare dies in 1616 at age 52. About 30 years later, Puritans assume power in England and have the theatre torn down.