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Henry VIIIHenry VIII was king of England.
Married 6 times.
Killed two of his wives.
Created his own church Church of England
Six Wives of Henry VIII
Catherine of Aragon (#) # Divorced Mary’s mother
Anne Boleyn (*) * Executed Elizabeth’s mother
Jane Seymour (+) + Died in childbirth Edward VI’s mother
Anne of Cleeves (#)
Catherine Howard (*)
Catherine Parr
After Henry VIIIHenry dies, Edward VI becomes king
Edward VI sickly and dies, which makes Mary the first queen of England (not received well)
Mary brings back Catholicism
Elizabeth (her half-sister) imprisoned
Mary dies (gets her own nursery rhyme)
Elizabeth becomes queen
It is during this time Shakespeare is born
West Side
(Think Minneapolis)
Predominantly poor
Had all the “fun stuff” Theatres Brothels Gambling parlors
Young
The ChurchThe church owned the brothels and the
gambling parlors and made people pay for sinning.
Outside of a “place of sin” was a black box with a cross. If money was placed in the box, it meant your sin was absolved
Using modern monetary terms: if you won $100, you gave $10 to the box to absolve your sin. This is how the churches made so much money.
The PoorLived a very difficult life.
Average age was 30.
Married at 11-12, first child at 12-13
Death came from starvation, sickness, childbirth, and fighting
Could be servants
Ate what could be found (often the reason why the Plague came back)
The Middle Class
Worked in a trade (blacksmith, glovemaker, etc.)
Lived in better housing than the poor
Could easily become poor, but had a harder time becoming rich
Average age was about 40
The RichNobles and clergy
Lived in better housing away from the sickness and the filth of the poor
Wore a great deal of clothing
Had chamber pots which were emptied into the streets (contributing cause of the Plague’s return)
Given best seats at theatres, churches, and sporting events
Average age was about 55
The Bard
Born on 4/23/1564. Died on 4/23/1616 (He was 52)
Father was a glovemaker (making Shakespeare middle class)
William decided to become an actor
At 18, he married Anne Hathaway (She’s 26).
They had 3 kids Susannah (has Elizabeth, who dies) Hamnet (dies at 11) Judith (has Shakespeare, Thomas, and Richard…
all die young)
Shakespeare’s Work
38 plays
154 Sonnets
Many, many poems
Not a single one of his works is considered a failure.
The Shakespeare Conspiracy
The Oxford Group believes that Shakespeare was actually a group of people including: Sir Francis Bacon Christopher Marlowe Edward De Vere Elizabeth I
The Globe Theater
After becoming Queen Elizabeth’s personal playwright, Shakespeare is given the money to build his own theatre.
The Globe is his design. It’s a circle…like a globe. Open at top for light Three levels (by socio-economic
level)
The theatre burns down in 1613,
but is rebuilt
The Globe: The Poor
The Poor sat on the ground, hence their name: Groundlings
To get in, the poor paid 10% of whatever they normally made. If they did not have enough money, they could work during the show. (Cleaning)
One ticket allowed all day entrance (this meant several shows)
Could be sitting with between 400 to 1,000 people on any given day.
The Poor could buy several items…
The Globe: Poor continued
So what could the Poor purchase?
1. GarlicFor your mouth (breath)
2. Oranges If you hate the actors
3. The people selling the items If you get bored
The Globe: The Middle Class
The Middle Class got seats above the people. Often reserved
They could purchase the same items as the poor
You could dump the chamberpots on the poor if you wished
The Middle Class had to pay more to get in.
The Globe: The Rich
Had the highest seats in the theatre. You could see everything
The actors played to you (this is why actors are supposed to act “up”
Had privacy (curtains) for their bathrooms and servants to clean for them
Could buy the same thing as the Poor and Middle Class, but could also buy mint leaves to chew like gum
Elizabeth’s box was dead center
The Globe: The Rich Continued
The Rich decided if they liked the play based on the hierarchy: if the Queen liked it, so did you…even if you didn’t
You paid the most to get in, but you didn’t have to deal with the issues the Poor and Middle Class (the smell, etc)
There was a fainting station for ladies who were overcome
Julius Caesar
It’s a fictional account of a real story: Caesar helps Rome to become the greatest city,
but power corrupts him. On March 15, 44 B.C., Caesar is stabbed to death
by the senate. Shakespeare is said to have written the play
because it was a warning to the leadership of England but also a message to all people: Power can corrupt.