1. 1564-1616 His life , times and works
William Shakespeare
His life , times and works
Mgr. Marianna Anderlová
Gymnázium J.G.Tajovského
Banská Bystrica
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2. Childhood Parents: John Shakespeare and Mary Arden
Birthday celebrated April 23, 1564
Born in Stratford upon Avon,England
Attended the Stratford Grammar School
He learned Latin and Greek at school and was
keen learner.
He had to return from school to help in his
father´s glove-making business

3. Young Adulthood 1582 When he was 18 he married Anne Hathaway
She was 8 years older than him
Three children
Susanna
Twins
Judith
Hamnet
(who died)

4. The Times Monarchy The Plaque Queen Elizabeth King James 1558-1603
The Plaque

5. Career Actor Playwright - poets were more respected than Poet
Lord Chamberlain´s Men
The King´s Men
Playwright - poets were more respected than
playwrite
38 plays
Poet
154 Sonnets
Shakespeare invented up to 3000 new words

6. Documentary

7. The Theater All social classes attended No women on stage
All parts played by men
Including Juliet!

8. The Globe

9. The Globe Built 1598 Made from the leased Black Friar´s Theatre
Burned during a performance of Henry
Henry VIII.
Cannon
Rebuilt and opened to the public
The Globe Website:

10. The Globe

11. Three/Four Types of Shakespearenean Plays
Romantic: Love ( Sometimes under comedy so 3)
History: Focus is a record of what happend
Comedy: Usually hinges on a problem of the heart but ends happily
Tragedy: Tragic hero ( nobility/warrior)
has tragic flaw ( character defect)
that results in downfall ( usually death)

12. The Comedies All´s Well That Ends Well As You Like It
The Comedy of Errors
Love´s Labor´s Lost
Measure for Measure
Merchant of Venice
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Much Ado About Nothing
The Taming of the Shrew
Twelfth Night, Or , What You Will
The Two Gentlemen of Verona

13. The Tragedies Anthony 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

14. 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

15. The Late Romances Cymbeline Pericles The Tempest The Two Nobel Kinsmen
The Winter´s Tale

16. His retirement Retired in 1611 back to Stratford
He died on the way home from the pub three days before his 52 birthday.

17. The epitaph on his grave
Good frend for Iesvs sake forbeare, To digg the dvst encloased heare. Bleste be man spares thes stones, And cvrst be he moves my bones.
(Modern spelling: Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear, | To dig the dust enclosed here. | Blessed be the man that spares these stones, | And cursed be he that moves my bones.)

18. In what town was Shakespeare born?
Question 1
In what town was Shakespeare born?
Cambridge
London
Stratford
Oxford

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21. Question 2 Why was Shakespeare forced to leave school as a young boy?
His school was destroyed
He had to help his father in glove-making business
He was too sick
His mother missed him so much

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24. How much did Shakespeare write?
Question 3
How much did Shakespeare write?
1 play, 38 sonnets and 154 epic narrative poems
54 plays, 5 sonnes, and 38 epic narrative plays
54 plays, 38 sonnets and 5 epic narrative poems
38 plays, 154 sonnets, and 2 epic narrative poems

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27. A quizz on Shakespeare 1. When did Shakespeare write his plays?
15th and 16th century
14th and 15th Century
16th and 17th Century
17th and 18th Century
2.When is Shakespeare's birthday traditionally celebrated?
April 1st
April 12th
April 21st
April 23rd

28. A quizz on Shakespeare 3. Who did Shakespeare marry? Anne of Cleves
Anne Hathaway
Anne Feine
Anne Ditover
4. What happened to the Globe Theatre in 1613?
It leaked
It fell down
It was opened
It burnt down

29. A quizz on Shakespeare
5. Which of these phrases appears on Shakespeare's gravestone?
"May the great author rest in piece."
"He wrote so much that man will take years to understand everything."
"He arrived on this earth with nothing. When he died, he left everything to us."
"...curst be he that moves my bones.„
6.Where did Shakespeare retire to?
London
Brighton
USA
Stratford-upon-Avon

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