Life & Times of Shakespeare

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The Tudors 1485 - 1603

Tudors

Henry VIII (1491 - 1547) 

Reign: 1509 - 1547

Tudors

Elizabeth I (1533 - 1603) 

Reign: 1558 - 1603

00:30

How many people could watch a play if they were crowded in?

1. 1500
2. 3000
3. 2000
4. 300

00:41

How was the term 'box office' coined?

01:20

How much money did you have to pay to get a cushion and a chair?

1. 1 penny
2. 2 pennies
3. 3 pennies
4. 4 pennies

03:16

What was the single, most valuable piece of equipment that the players owned?

1. The costumes
2. Props - a chair or bed
3. A beautiful dress
4. The pillars that held the stage up

04:49

Where was the space called 'hell'?

1. At the back of the theatre
2. Just outside the exit doors
3. Up in the box offices
4. Under the stage

Identify the three kinds of works Shakespeare wrote?

What do you know about
William Shakespeare?

Shakespeare's birthplace

The Globe Theatre

William Shakespeare

The Royal Shakespeare Company

A

B

C

D

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The Taming of the Shrew