William ShakespeareHis Life, Time And Works

Childhood Parents: John Shakespeare and Mary

Arden Birthday celebrated April 23, 1564 Born in Stratford upon Avon Attended the Stratford Grammar

School

Young Adulthood 1582 Married Anne

Hathaway She was 8 years older

Three children Susanna Twins

Judith Hamnet

The Times Monarchy

Queen Elizabeth 1558-1603

King James 1603-1625

The Plague

The Theater All social classes

attended No women on stage

All parts played by men Including Juliet!

Career Actor

Lord Chamberlain’s Men

The King’s Men Playwright

38 plays Poet

154 Sonnets

The Globe

The Globe Built 1598 Made from the leased Black Friar’s Theater Burned during a performance of Henry VII

Cannon Rebuilt and open to the public

The Globe Website

“All the world is

a stage”

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

The Tragedies Antony 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

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

The Late Romances Cymbeline Pericles The Tempest The Two Noble Kinsmen The Winter's Tale

The Assignment Create a Power Point Presentation

for one of Shakespeare’s plays You must research the characters,

the plot, and the themes. You must follow the Power Point

Template found on the school’s resource web site

All presentations must be ready for December 12, 2005.

The Plays Repeated Chose two plays from each of the

following lists. You will be assigned one of these

choices. Each student must research a

different play.

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

The Tragedies Antony 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

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

Queen Elizabeth

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King James

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