Name ____Donald Terry__________________________ Date ___________

England in Shakespeare’s Day [p. 683]
William Shakespeare is the greatest playwrite of all time.
He lived in the country of England during the
Renassance
He was born in the year 1564 when Elezabeth I was queen of England.
England was established as a world power in 1588, when English defeated an attempted invasion by roman forces
Plays in which dialogue is mostly poetry is called

Theatre in Shakespeare’s Day [p.684]
In the 1590’s, Shakespeare’s theater group was called the Lord chamberlands men.

The new London home of the group was a place called the Globe
Theater.
When Queen Elizabeth I died, the group’s new sponsor was King James I and the group changed its name to The Kings Men

The Globe Theater was located on the banks of the Thames River.
The theatre was __3____ stories high, made of _wood________, and could hold as many as __3,ooo_________ spectators. Customers, called ground lings______________ stood in the pit by the stage and paid t he lowest price for admission. Richer patrons sat in balconies, also called inner lings______________.
Most theatres in that day had no artificial heating ______________ or ___lighting___________, so performances were given in _day light___________________ in warmer weather.

Many commonly quoted phrases came from Shakespeare’s plays. Some examples are:
friednds, romans, countrymen lend me your ears __________________________________________ from julis ceasar___________________.
__o romeo o romeo where for art thou romeo ___________________________________________ from _romeo and juliet__________________.
_to be or not to me ____________________________________________ from ___hamlet________________.