1. Shakespeare: Life & Times

2. Born April 23, 1564 Died April 23, 1616 Stratford-upon-Avon Parents: John and Mary Arden Shakespeare Mary—daughter of wealthy landowner John—glovemaker, local politician, struggled with serious financial debt

3. Stratford-upon- Avon 100 miles northwest of London Small, rural community Built on a river

4. Shakespeare’s birth place

5. Schooling… Attended local grammar school: King’s New School Classical education: rhetoric, logic, history, Latin Did not attend university because of dad’s financial debt

6. Married Life… Married Anne Hathaway when he was 18 & she was 26 She was 3 months pregnant with their first daughter, Susanna (born 1583) 1585: Twins were born- Hamnet & Judith Sometime between 1585-1592, he moved to London and began working in theatre. (a.k.a. “Lost years”)

7. Anne Hathaway’s Cottage

8. London During Shakespeare’s Era Living/sanitation conditions were BAD!!! Trees used up for fuel Poverty Thames River (primary source of water) polluted with sewage Bathing considered dangerous= BAD B.O. Childhood diseases (often died before 5 years old) Small Pox Bubonic Plague Crowded

9. Theater during Shakespeare’s Time Performed in courtyards of inns Daytime/Open air Limited set design/ minimal costumes & props Relied heavily on good scripts & acting Actors were ALL men Shakespeare was a member & part owner of the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, later called King’s Men 1599: Globe Theater built by Lord Chamberlain’s Men with Shakespeare as primary investor

10. Globe Theater

11. Rebuilt Globe Theater Original theater burned down in 1613 during one of Shakespeare’s plays

12. Shakespeare Writing 38 plays firmly attributed to Shakespeare fall into three primary categories: Histories - based on “fact” Tragedies - end in death Comedies - end in a wedding Possibly wrote three others Collaborated on several others Wrote two major poems; numerous others Wrote 154 Sonnets Written in iambic pentameter Rhyme Scheme (abab cdcd efef gg)

13. Romeo & Juliet: : Prologue Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life; Whose misadventured piteous overthrows Doth with their death bury their parents' strife. The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love, And the continuance of their parents' rage, Which, but their children's end, nought could remove, Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage; The which if you with patient ears attend, What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.