Shakespeare Scavenger Hunt
Browse the following links and then answer each question in a shared Google document
Due at the end of class on Monday.
History of Shakespeare's Theater
1. Read this website and write a brief summary about what caused the theater to be burned to the ground.
The Plays and Sonnets
- Read these two websites and then answer questions 2-5: http://www.ipl.org/div/shakespeare/shakespeare.html
- http://www.it.usyd.edu.au/~matty/Shakespeare/
2. Besides poetry, what three types of plays did Shakespeare write?
3. Look at all of the titles of his plays. What do you notice about the comedies that are different than all of the other titles of plays?
4. List the title of one play from each category, the name of the main character, and the main setting in Act One.
5. Select one of Shakespeare's sonnets that you like and paste it into the document. Then, stand up in class and deliver it with great feeling to everyone.
Map of England
6. On this page, locate the maps link and copy and paste the small map into your document. After copying and pasting to the document, label these towns on the map: Cawdor, Dunsinane, London, Milford Haven, and Glamis.
On this page, find and answer the following:
7. What is playing on July 3, 2015?
8. What is the name of the theater company and who created it?
9. What is the name of the theater space and where exactly is it located?
10. Now find the free Shakespeare in the Park plays that are part of this year's season. What are the two plays?
Shakespeare, The Man
All of the next answers come from this website.
11. What year was he born?
12. What year was he christened?
13. Who did he marry?
14. What year did he marry?
15. Who was his first child?
16. When was she christened?
17. Who were the twins?
18. When were they christened?
19. What year was Middle English replaced with early Modern English(Shakespeare's language)?
20. As an actor, Shakespeare was in the productions of the Pembroke Players. Who was the Earl of Pembroke (first and last name)?
21. In which of the four periods of his life did Shakespeare write Macbeth?
22. What was the name of the theater that was built in 1599 but burned to the ground in 1613?
23. When did Shakespeare die?
24. What were the five worst diseases in Shakespeare's England?