when was William Shakespeare born | April 23 1564 |
noble family | rich upper class family |
limitations | barrier |
limitations William Shakespeare faced | not born into a noble familynot a wealthy familydid not continue formal education at universityno mentorship of a senior artistdid not marry into wealth or prestige |
talent as an actor | modest – no starry roles |
William Shakespeare successful as | playwright |
Shakespeare success depended on | royal patronage |
William Shakespeare father | John Shakespeare |
John Shakespeare profession | Glove maker and tradesman |
Mary Arden | William Shakespeare motherdaughter of affluent farmer |
when was William Shakespeare baptized | April 26, 1564 |
where was William Shakespeare baptized | in a church in Stratford upon avon |
Patronage | Funding, sponsorship |
what school did Shakespeare attend since he could not attend a uninversity | King’s New England School |
King’s New England school | Local grammar school |
Subjects at King’s New England school | Roman Comedy, ancient history, rhetoric grammar, Latin, and maybe Greek |
Anne Hathway | Shakespeare ended up marrying her at age of 18; she was 8 years older to Shakespeare and was 3 months pregnant |
How many children did Shakespeare and Hathway have | 3; Susanna, Hamnet and Judith |
When were the children born | Susanna- 1583; Hamnet & Judith- 1585 |
Lost years | 7 years after children’s birth- historical record, little was known, but history could not be traced |
Robert Greene | 1592- he calls Shakespeare “Upstart Crow” |
Upstart | Person who rose economically or socially but lacks skills/appropriateness for position |
Crow | to boast/scavenger who steals from others |
Shakespeare’s plays between 1590 and 1592 | Henry VI series Richard III Comedy of Errors |
1593 | Black plague caused theatres to close |
Effect of plague | Venus & Adonis, The Rape of Lucrece Shakespeare began writing sonnets |
Result of Shakespeare’s works | Shakespeare earned reputation of gifted poet |
Plays in 1594 | Taming of Shrew 2 gentlemen of Verona Love’s Labor lost |
Shakespeare’s achievements in 1594 | shareholder in Lord Chamberlain’s Men remained member of company for rest of career |
Lord Chamberlain’s Men | one of the most popular acting companies in London |
1595 | most prolific periods, plays written were Richard II, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Merchant of Venice |
Effect of success | Shakespeare purchased second largest home in Stratford |
Prolific | produced abundant/very fruitful |
1596 | Shakespeare’s only son Hamnet died |
1597 | Shakespeare joined other members from Lord Chamberlain’s Men to establish polygonal Globe Theatre |
Polygonal | in shape of a polygon |
1603 | King James issued royal license and Shakespeare and other members were known as King’s Men |
1616 | Shakespeare’s health declined Shakespeare revised his will Shakespeare died at his birthplace in Stratford upon Avon |
will | left bulk of estate to his 2 daughters, set monetary gifts aside for his sister, theater partners, friends, and poor of Stratford; left family’s second best bed to Anne |
when did Shakespeare die | April 23 1616 |
Shakespeare’s lasting legacy | 38 plays, 154 sonnets, 2 narrative poems |
Today’s world | leaving a bed as a gift is kind of rude since it’s not very important |
Beds back then | luxurious & expensive and kept in guest room as show off for status luxury wealth |
Scholars’ Interpretation | Shakespeare did not love his wife |
Bubonic plague | rare disease caused by bacteria occurred in 14th century worst disaster originated in China |
Cause | started in 1300s- food shortage |
effect | famine, starvation, low resistance to disease |
Black sea | link to China & Italy had ships parked there hence many Italians got infected |
Disease | caused by black rats & fleas effects were swelling or buboes dark spots |
Dark spots | disease was named Black Death; disease is more deadly when carried by fleas |
1900s | scientists discovered disease was caused by rat came up with medicine (antibiotics)- cures 95% of cases |
Disease or Medicine | People were not educated, thus they did not know much about disease or medicine |
1500s | doctors learned from experiments; ended up killing more patients than helping |
Physicians | educated doctors but only had limited knowledge, and old equipment |
surgeons | worked as both doctor and barber could end up causing more damage to patient |
Herbalist | doctor who uses homemade mixtures to treat diseases |
Mixtures | Most of ingredients were useless, but some helped |
Setting of play | Verona, Italy |
Verona | city built along Adige River |
1239 | flood took place & caused massive amount of damage |
1500s | city was rebuilt and new parts were added ruled by wealthy families |
Verona, Italy | Verona was prized city hence protected by fortified walls |
Montague & Capulet | adapted names from Montecchi and Capuleti families |
Montecchi & Capuleti | had opposite beliefs |
Romeo and Juliet Play in Verona | preserved building and specific area to give people opportunity to relive the play |
Romeo and Juliet – Intro
November 12, 2019