Shakespeare: His Life and TimesShakespeare’s Language • Shakespeare did NOT write in “Old...
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Shakespeare: His Life and TimesShakespeare: His Life and Times
Adapted from http://www.public.asu.edu/~muckerrm/English_321_S2005/Introduction.ppt
Early LifeEarly Life
Born 1564—died 1616 Stratford-upon-Avon Parents: John and Mary Arden
Shakespeare• Mary—daughter of wealthy landowner• John—glovemaker, local politician
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Location of Stratford-upon-AvonLocation of Stratford-upon-Avon
As reproduced in William Rolfe, Shakespeare the Boy (1896).
Stratford-on-Avon in Shakespeare’s TimeStratford-on-Avon in Shakespeare’s Time
From Stratford’s web site: http://www.stratford-upon-avon.co.uk/index.htm
Stratford-upon-Avon Today
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Shakespeare’s BirthplaceShakespeare’s Birthplace
• Probably attended King’s New School in Stratford
• Educated in:• Rhetoric• Logic• History• Latin
EducationEducation
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King’s New SchoolKing’s New School
• 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 LifeMarried Life
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Anne Hathaway’s CottageAnne Hathaway’s Cottage
• 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 CareerTheatre Career
The Rebuilt Globe Theater, LondonThe Rebuilt Globe Theater, London
The Globe TheaterThe Globe Theater
The PlaysThe Plays
38 plays firmly attributed to Shakespeare 14 comedies 10 histories 10 tragedies 4 romances
Possibly wrote three others Collaborated on several others
• 154 Sonnets• Numerous other poems
The PoetryThe Poetry
Shakespeare’s Language
• Shakespeare did NOT write in “Old English.”
• Old English is the language of Beowulf:Hwaet! We Gardena in geardagum Þeodcyninga Þrym gefrunonHu 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!)
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 harpingBen y-founde of ferli thing… (Sir Orfeo)
Shakespeare’s Language
• Shakespeare wrote in “Early Modern English.”• EME was not very different from “Modern English,”
Shakespeare’s Language
• A mix of old and very new• Rural and urban words/images• Understandable by the lowest peasant and the highest noble
Elizabethan Theatrical
Conventions
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.
These control the dialogue.
Audience loves to be
scared.
Audience loves to be
scared.
Soliloquy
AsideTypes of speech
Types of speech
Blood
Use of supernatural
Let`s play Shakespeare Antony and Cleopatra Coriolanus Hamlet Julius Caesar King Lear Macbeth Othello Romeo and Juliet Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus
Use of disguises/
mistaken identity
Multiple marriages
(in comedies)
Multiple murders
(in tragedies)
Last speaker—highest in
rank (in tragedies)
“All the world 's a stage, And all the men and women merely players.”
So…..
Let’s dramatize S hakespeare!!!
Trabalho N2 Valor: 0 – 10,0 Grupos: no Máximo 10 integrantes *Podem ter convidados (figurantes de outros
grupos)
Instruções e Critérios Escolha alguns atos para dramatização; Pode haver adaptação (falas mais curtas
mas NÃO alternar o sentido do texto); As falas serão memorizadas; Cenário e figurino e sonoplastia; Harmonia do grupo; Criatividade; Have Fun!