Renaissance lesson 6 Shakespeare's plays + A Midsummer Night's dream
What do you know about William Shakespeare?
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What do you know about William Shakespeare?
Slide 1 - Carte mentale
This lesson
Shakespeare
The Globe
Comedies
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Slide 2 - Diapositive
Which plays can you name?
Slide 3 - Carte mentale
Listening/Video activity
We are going to watch a video
After the video, you'll need to answer some questions
take notes in order to answer those questions
! New question form CITO !
Slide 4 - Diapositive
Slide 5 - Vidéo
True
False
1. Shakespeare's work has had a great influence on the English language.
2. What we know about Shakespeare is mainly from the time he lived in London.
3. The Royal Shakespeare Company has some of the best Shakespearian actors in Britain.
4. Anne and Mariesa learnt a lot about Shakespeare's life at school.
5. Danny says that Shakespeare moved to London when he was quite old.
6. Mike says that Shakespeare ran the Globe Theatre when
he lived in London.
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Slide 6 - Question de remorquage
Slide 7 - Diapositive
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23-04-1564
18
3
37
all types of people
3,000
glove maker
cheap
7
none
daytime
2,000
king and nobles
20
nighttime
Slide 8 - Question de remorquage
Theatres
- Large theatre: up to 3000 people
- Wooden structures
- Open stage, no roof
- Raised stage, pit for watching
- People cheering, booing, throwing
- Dialogue important & costumes
- Little scenery or objects
Slide 9 - Diapositive
William Shakespeare
- Born 1564
- Married to Anne Hathaway (not the actress)
- The Lord Chamberlain's Men
- 1599: performing at Globe Theatre
- Performed at Queen Elizabeth I's court
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Globe Theatre
- Opened in 1599
- Staged many of Shakespeare's plays
- Burned down in 1613
- Rebuilt in 1614
- English civil war: theatres broken down
- Rebuilt again: 1997
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Acting Groups
- Shakespeare: "Lord Chamberlain's Men"
- Performed 6 or more times a week
- Travelled around
- Created their own costumes etc.
- Very skilled: singing, dancing, acrobatics, play instruments,
- Women were not allowed
Slide 12 - Diapositive
16th Century Acting Group
21st Century Acting Group
Perform 6 plays a week
Perform 1 play a few times a week
Men & Women
Only Men
Create their own costumes
Do not create their own costumes
Slide 13 - Question de remorquage
Which plays can you name?
Slide 14 - Carte mentale
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Theatre
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Slide 18 - Diapositive
The Globe...
-> Theatre had an unsavoury reputation. (outside of city)
-> Could hold several thousand people, most standing in the open pit before the stage (shouting at actors!) -> Rich nobles could watch the play from a chair set on the side of the stage itself. -> in the afternoon, because, of course, there was no artificial lighting
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Slide 21 - Vidéo
00:30
How many people could watch a play if they were crowded in?
A
1500
B
3000
C
2000
D
300
Slide 22 - Quiz
00:41
How was the term 'box office' coined?
Slide 23 - Question ouverte
01:20
How much money did you have to pay to get a cushion and a chair?
A
1 penny
B
2 pennies
C
3 pennies
D
4 pennies
Slide 24 - Quiz
03:16
What was the single, most valuable piece of equipment that the players owned?
A
The costumes
B
Props - a chair or bed
C
A beautiful dress
D
The pillars that held the stage up
Slide 25 - Quiz
04:49
Where was the space called 'hell'?
A
At the back of the theatre
B
Just outside the exit doors
C
Up in the box offices
D
Under the stage
Slide 26 - Quiz
Shakespeare's Comedies (p. 30)
comic reversal (omkering): the characters are placed in circumstances where they have to reverse social roles.
all characters have (minor) faults
Prominent themes: love, sex relationships between man and wife
They can be the object of mischief (ellende) or they can sometimes be helpful
At the beginning of the play, Titania and Oberon are fighting over a changeling boy. This might remind you of stories about fairies kidnapping babies
Fairy folk and woodland creatures exist in many stories around the world.
Slide 31 - Diapositive
Plot summary
Slide 32 - Diapositive
The end of the story
This play is full of couples - and some of them are not very happy.
However, in the end, with a bit of help from the fairies, everything is sorted out.
If you are thinking of pretty creatures with wings and magic wands, think again. Shakespeare's fairies argue and fight as much, if not more than human beings - and they are not above playing some nasty tricks.
But as Puck says when he apologizes to the audience at the end, it is probably best not to take all this too seriously. Perhaps it was all a dream...
Slide 33 - Diapositive
Puck changes the actor Bottom's head in that of a:
A
dog
B
cat
C
horse
D
donkey
Slide 34 - Quiz
How does the play end?
A
Everybody loves the right person
B
Everybody loves the wrong person
C
Oberon falls in love with Helena
D
Oberon falls in love with Hermia
Slide 35 - Quiz
A Midsummer Night's Dream is
A
a sonnet
B
a comedy
C
a historical play
D
a tragedy
Slide 36 - Quiz
Alquin questions page 32
Slide 37 - Diapositive
Question 1
You don't have to answer this one because the answer is right here!
Why are the violets described as 'nodding'?
answer: the nodding violets create a picture of them being disturbed by a gentle summer breeze and thus helps to make the spot sound idyllic.
Slide 38 - Diapositive
Question 2: In this short passage Shakespeare appeals to various senses. Which?
Slide 39 - Question ouverte
3. If you could choose to play a part in this play, which one would it be, and why?
Slide 40 - Question ouverte
4. Name the three different storylines in the play.
A
The Athenians, the craftsmen, the fairies
B
The musicians, the gods, the lovers
C
The people of Crete, the craftsmen, the magicians
D
The Athenians, the gods, the fairies
Slide 41 - Quiz
Question 4 explained
The three worlds that meet in the wood are:
The world of the Athenian aristocracy, involving Theseus, king of Athens, and his courtiers
The world of the fairies, represented by Oberon, Titania, Puck and the others
The world of the ordinary working people, in the form of Bottom (the weaver) and his friends rehearsing their play.
Slide 42 - Diapositive
5. What is the significance of the setting in terms of facilitating the events portrayed?
Slide 43 - Question ouverte
6. What is the basis of the three marriages that take place at the end?