1. Parker Presents
William Shakespeare

2. Life of William Shakespeare
A. Family
Born around April 23, 1564 in Stratford–on–Avon
3rd of 8 children
Family was well off
Most quoted, other than the Bible
Well off , not stinking rich

3. Life of William Shakespeare
B. The Dirt !
Teenage father
Married Anne Hathaway at 18 - she was 26!
Absentee father
Scandalous in that time to be a father out of wedlock. Also scandalous to be an older woman with a younger man.
Absent because it took time to go create a performance from scratch and London was a couple of of days ride from his home.

4. Stratford-on-Avon

5. Stratford-on-Avon

6. Life of William Shakespeare
C. Schooling
Attended grammar school, where he studied . . .
Latin grammar and literature
Use of language
No further formal education!
Nothing past 9th or 10th ish grade

7. London During Shakespeare’s Days
A. The City
Thames River polluted with raw sewage
No running water or electricity
Poverty
Poverty because of the breakdown of the feudal system after the middle ages. The lower slave type ppl broke away from the kings and lords and moved to the city. They had nothing.

8. London During Shakespeare’s Days
B. Hygiene? (Part One)
Bathing considered dangerous
Body odor strong
Childhood diseases
Children often died young
Small Pox
Bubonic Plague
Belief the bathing would make them sick.
Small pox airborne – highly contagious
Bubonic (black death, black plague) carried by fleas on rats. Poverty areas are overridden with rats. Society no way to help exterminate other than dogs and ppl catching them.

9. London During Shakespeare’s Days
B. Hygiene? (Part Two)
No running water
Chamber Pots
Open Sewers
Crowded
Chamber pot instead of a toilet.
Use it then throw it out into the curb area of the street
Street was probably muddy or dirt.

10. London During Shakespeare’s Days
C. Clothes
One set used all year long, rarely washed
Underclothing slept in, rarely changed
Clothes handed down from rich to poor
The rich did not believe in bathing often either- yuck!

11. Theater in London A. The Theater First public theater
Demolished in 1599
“The Theater” was the name of the first public theater
Political reasons to shut it down and then tear it down

12. Theater in London

13. Theater in London

14. Theater in London B. The Globe
Shakespeare and his acting company used materials salvaged from The Theater to build the Globe Theater in 1599
Penny admission
Hard to believe? Think
about admission to the
movie theater in the ‘50s
Penny for the lower income- not sure about the wealthier ppl

15. Theater in London

16. Actors All men Female parts played by young boys
No actual kissing or hugging on stage
Rare occasion if intimacy was in the play their might be a girl.

17. Audience 2000-3000 people from all walks of life
Rich audience sat in covered galleries around stage
Most stood in yard around platform stage – “groundlings”
Balconies were the preferred area : covered, more air circulation with all ppl being stinky

18. The groundling Poor audience member Stood around stage in “the pit”
Threw rotten vegetables at bad performances
Audience cause the play to be interactive at times. Would throw if they did not like a character much like you complain at the tv or a sport

19. The Plays
Tragedy
Ends in the death of one or more of the main characters
Most of Shakespeare’s tragedies involved historical individuals or events.
Shakespeare sometimes altered what he found in the history books to suit his own dramatic purposes and make the plays more exciting… Can you think of a time when alterations are made to history/events to merely entertain audiences?
Worked their modern day in to keep the ppl entertained, would change it up a bit to help his story line

20. Tragic Endings
Although most tragic heroes are partly to blame for their own fates, death can be a very high price to pay for what may have seemed initially like a small failing.
But in most tragedies, there is also a feeling that some good may have come out of the terrible suffering.
Today ppl kill over the slightest rediculous things

21. Tragic Heroes All of Shakespeare’s tragedies have a tragic hero.
What is the name of the main character in a story?
What is the name of the character in opposition to the main character?
The hero is often a man of high rank, such as a king or prince.

22. Julius Caesar, II. i. 35 Line References
Plays are divided into sections called acts and scenes. When quotations from Shakespeare’s plays are used, line references like this show which section they come from in the play.
The scene is in small Roman numerals
The play’s title is written in italics
Julius Caesar, II. i. 35
Parenthetical citation for a play
The act is written in
capital Roman numerals
The line number is written as a normal number

23. New Words In Shakespeare’s time, there were no dictionaries.
People could spell words however they wanted and sometimes they even made up new words.
Over 2,000 of the words Shakespeare used had not been recorded before.
Look a list up- sooo many we use EVERY WEEK

24. Submerged Lonely Leapfrog Countless Dwindle Fretful
Shakespeare’s Words
Submerged
Lonely
Leapfrog
First used by
Shakespeare and
still used today!!!
Countless
Dwindle
Fretful