Shakespeare Film and
Scavenger Hunt Activity
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Shakespeare wrote during the Renaissance
period.
Shakespeare wrote for everyone, not one
particular class.
List 4 of Shakespeare’s plays:
Modern writers are constantly reworking his
plays to new scenes.
Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford
upon Avon.
At 18 he married Anne Hathaway.
In 1592 Shakespeare began acting and
writing plays in London.
8. There was no scenery and no way to amplify
voices.
9. It was considered morally unacceptable for
women to act.
10. Characters often spoke their thoughts aloud
in soliloquies.
11. Sometimes, characters spoke directly to the
audience in asides.
12. The people that stood at ground level were
known as groundlings.
13. Other famous playwrights of Shakespeare’s
time included Christopher Marlowe and Ben
Johnson.
14. In 1599, Shakespeare’s company built
the Globe Theater.
15. Once King James I came to power, he
named Shakespeare’s company the King’s
Men.
16. Shakespeare died in 1616.
17. Shakespeare’s plays were to appeal to
people of all walks of life.
18. His plays explored deep feelings,
worries, and convictions.
19. Shakespeare’s characters are all
complex like real people.
20. Shakespeare filled dialogue to
express thoughts or feelings.
21. Record two well known lines from
Shakespeare’s plays.
22. Shakespeare’s poems were written in
meter called iambic pentameter.
23. Writing to a beat makes the words
pleasing to the ear.
24. Colonists brought copies of the plays
to the new world.
25. In 1563, the bubonic/black plague
killed 1/5 of England’s population.
26. Who did the English defeat in 1588
that instilled greater pride in their
nation? The Spanish Armada
27. William’s father was John
Shakespeare.
28. William’s mother was Mary Arden.
29. William Shakespeare married Anne
Hathaway when he was 18 years old.
30. Shakespeare had 3 children named
Susanna, Judith, and Hamnet.
31. Where did Shakespeare attend college?
He didn’t.
32. In 1593, Shakespeare wrote and
published his first long poem, which was
titled “Venus and Adonis”.
33. Theaters had no roof, no lighting, and
plays were performed during the
afternoon.
34. In the gallery were three tiers of
seats for the rich.
35. Those that had to stand had to pay
one penny to see a play.
36. A red flag meant history. A white flag
meant comedy. And a black flag meant
tragedy.
37. Holy Trinity is the church where
Shakespeare was baptized.
38. Avon is the river that runs through
the city.
39. How many sonnets did Shakespeare
write? 154.
40. Shakespeare used Hoilnshed’s
Chronicles of England for numerous
plots in some of his plays.
41. The First Folio was printed in 1623
and contained 36 plays.
42. In Romeo and Juliet, Juliet is from
the Capulet household and Romeo is
from the Montague household.
43. The play takes place in Verona, Italy.
44. The play is written in Elizabethan
English.
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