1. Shakespeare: His Life and Times Shakespeare: His Life and Times

2. Early Life Early Life Born 1564—died 1616 Born and raised Stratford-upon-Avon Parents: John and Mary Arden Shakespeare Mary—daughter of wealthy landowner John—glove maker, local politician

3. Location of Stratford-upon-Avon

4. Shakespeare’s Birthplace Shakespeare’s Birthplace

5. Probably attended King’s New School in Stratford Educated in: Rhetoric Logic History Latin Education Education

6. Married in 1582 to Anne Hathaway, who was pregnant at the time with their first daughter Had twins in 1585 Sometime between 1585-1592, he moved to London and began working in theatre. Married Life Married Life

7. Anne Hathaway’s Cottage

8. Member and later part-owner of the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, later called the King’s Men Globe Theater built in 1599 by L.C.M. with Shakespeare as primary investor Burned down in 1613 during one of Shakespeare’s plays Theatre Career Theatre Career

9. The Rebuilt Globe Theater, London The Rebuilt Globe Theater, London

10. The Globe Theater The Globe Theater

11. The Plays The Plays 38 plays firmly attributed to Shakespeare 14 comedies 10 histories 10 tragedies 4 romances Possibly wrote three others Collaborated on several others

12. 154 Sonnets Numerous other poems The Poetry

13. Shakespeare’s Language Shakespeare did NOT write in “Old English.” Old English is the language of Beowulf: Hwaet! We Gardena in geardagum Þeodcyninga Þrym gefrunon Hu ða æÞelingas ellen fremedon! (Hey! We have heard of the glory of the Spear- Danes in the old days, the kings of tribes, how noble princes showed great courage!)

14. Shakespeare’s Language Shakespeare did not write in “Middle English.” Middle English is the language of Chaucer, the Gawain-poet, and Malory: We redeth oft and findeth y-write— And this clerkes wele it wite— Layes that ben in harping Ben y-founde of ferli thing… (Sir Orfeo)

15. Shakespeare’s Language Shakespeare wrote in “Early Modern English.” EME was not very different from “Modern English,”

16. Shakespeare’s Language A mix of old and very new Rural and urban words/images Understandable by the lowest peasant and the highest noble

17. Elizabethan Theatrical Conventions

18. A theatrical convention is a suspension of reality.  No electricity  Women forbidden to act on stage  Minimal, contemporary costumes  Minimal scenery These control the dialogue.

19. Audience loves to be scared.  Soliloquy  Aside Types of speech  Blood  Use of supernatural

20.  Use of disguises/ mistaken identity  Multiple marriages (in comedies)  Multiple murders (in tragedies)  Last speaker—highest in rank (in tragedies)

21. Later Years In 1597 he bought the second largest house in Stratford. Shakespeare retired to Stratford around 1610. Died in 1616, buried in Trinity Church, where he had been baptized 52 years earlier. Plays were owned by Theatre Company.

22. Folios The first folio was published in1623 by two of his friends. Neoclassical writers of late 1600s-1700 didn’t much care for his plays. Became popular again in the 1800s. Nickname is “The Bard”- old term for writer

23. “All the world 's a stage, And all the men and women merely players.” W.S. So….. Let’s dramatize Shakespeare!!!