1. Shakespeare was christened in ________________ on _______________.
2. He married ___________ on November 27, 1582.
3. He had a daughter, ________ and twins, _______ and _________.
4. His name first appeared in print in _______, and he died in Stratford-upon-Avon on ________.
5. In ________, you have the ultimate dysfunctional family.
6. In _______, you have the very extreme of political ambition.
7. In _________, you have the world’s greatest story of young love.
8. The _________ paid ________ to stand in the open air.
9. Performances were held in the _________ because lighting had to be supplied by the _____.
10. Plays lasted __________ and there were no restrooms and no __________.
11. Invariably, _________ was an indicator of social status.
12. Men wore padding on their stomachs called a ________ _______ to appear more wealthy. (2 words)
13. The greatest asset a theater had was __________.
14. It was actually illegal for anyone below the rank of count or countess to wear _______.
15. Phillip Henslowe owned and ran the ______ Theater.
16. London city officials closed theatres because they felt it had fallen prey to _______ _______. (2 words)
17. The officials also saw the theater as a breeding ground for ________.
18. The ____________ was in charge of theater laws.
19. In a play, comedy was good, love was important, but one mustn’t forget a bit of ___________.
20. In this time period (1583), _________ was the most popular playwright.
21. ________ was the most famous actor of Shakespeare’s time.
22. He was the leader of a group of actors called ________.
23. A leading man might be expected to memorize _______ of lines in a day.
Plays only ran three to four days.
25. Women’s parts were all played by _____ because it was _____________ for women to appear on the stage.
26. Women were educated in ________, __________, and __________.
27. Upper class marriages were solely to gain _________ or to forge __________.
28. In the 1500’s and 1600’s, marriages were _________.
29. Queen ___________ loved the theatre and in 1593, had been on the throne for ____ years.
30. Disguised as Sir Thomas Kent, Gwenyth Paltrow’s charcter recites lines from __________________ to audition for Shakespeare.
31. Other playwrights thought that comedies were _______ and tragedies were ________ and they didn’t mix.
32. The two families in Romeo and Juliet are the _________ and the ________.