Name ______Period ______

Shakespeare in Our Time video

There are 14 questions here, you need to answer 10. Be sure to read # 14 before you start the video.

  1. In what time period did Shakespeare live and write?
  1. For whom did Shakespeare write?
  1. When and where was Shakespeare born?
  1. Who did he marry?
  1. In what ways was Shakespeare’s theatre different from ours? (Name 2)

a.

b.

  1. Who were the “groundlings?”
  1. Who were two other playwrights in Shakespeare’s time?
  1. In what theatre did Shakespeare premiere most of his plays?
  1. What was Shakespeare’s company named?
  1. What did Shakespeare base his plots on?
  1. Name two phrases Shakespeare coined:
b.
  1. In what beat are Shakespeare’s plays written?
  1. According to Shakespeare, “All the world is a ______”
  1. What are the names of three Shakespeare plays that you saw movie clips from?