William Shakespeare
His Life, Time And Works
Childhood
Parents: John Shakespeare and Mary Arden
Birthday celebrated April 23, 1564
Born in Stratford upon Avon
Attended the Stratford Grammar School
Young Adulthood
1582 Married Anne Hathaway
She was 8 years older
Three children
Susanna
Twins
Judith
Hamnet
The Times
Monarchy
Queen Elizabeth
1558-1603
King James
1603-1625
The Plague
The Theater
All social classes attended
No women on stage
All parts played by men
Including Juliet!
Career
Actor
Lord Chamberlain’s Men
The King’s Men
Playwright
38 plays
Poet
154 Sonnets
The Globe
The Globe
Built 1598
Made from the leased Black Friar’s Theater
Burned during a performance of Henry VII
Cannon
Rebuilt and open to the public
The Globe Website
“All the world is a stage”
The Comedies
All`s Well That Ends Well
As You Like It
The Comedy of Errors
Love`s Labor`s Lost
Measure for Measure
The Merchant of Venice
The Merry Wives of Windsor
A Midsummer Night`s Dream
Much Ado About Nothing
The Taming of the Shrew
Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
The Tragedies
Antony and Cleopatra
Coriolanus
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Julius Caesar
King Lear
Macbeth
Othello, the Moor of Venice
Romeo and Juliet
Timon of Athens
Titus Andronicus
Troilus and Cressida
The Histories
Henry IV, Part I
Henry IV, Part II
Henry V
Henry VI, Part I
Henry VI, Part II
Henry VI, Part III
Henry VIII
King John
Richard II
Richard III
The Late Romances
Cymbeline
Pericles
The Tempest
The Two Noble Kinsmen
The Winter`s Tale
The Assignment
Create a Power Point Presentation for one of Shakespeare’s plays
You must research the characters, the plot, and the themes.
You must follow the Power Point Template found on the school’s resource web site
All presentations must be ready for December 12, 2005.
The Plays Repeated
Chose two plays from each of the following lists.
You will be assigned one of these choices.
Each student must research a different play.
The Comedies
All`s Well That Ends Well
As You Like It
The Comedy of Errors
Love`s Labor`s Lost
Measure for Measure
The Merchant of Venice
The Merry Wives of Windsor
A Midsummer Night`s Dream
Much Ado About Nothing
The Taming of the Shrew
Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
The Tragedies
Antony and Cleopatra
Coriolanus
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Julius Caesar
King Lear
Macbeth
Othello, the Moor of Venice
Romeo and Juliet
Timon of Athens
Titus Andronicus
Troilus and Cressida
The Histories
Henry IV, Part I
Henry IV, Part II
Henry V
Henry VI, Part I
Henry VI, Part II
Henry VI, Part III
Henry VIII
King John
Richard II
Richard III
Queen Elizabeth
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King James
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