Introduction to Shakespeare

• Drama
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 1

Shakespeare Month

At the end of this lesson you:

-Have learned more about shakespeare
-Have read Romeo & Juliet

-Have learned about the mediafile assignment

When was Shakespeare born?

1. 1546
2. 1565
3. 1664
4. 1564

Why did he start writing poems?

1. People didn't like his plays
2. He got sick
3. The theatres were closed
4. To earn more money

What was Shakespeare's theatre called?

1. The Globe
2. The Orb
3. The Royal
4. The Circle

Women were not allowed on stage.

1. True
2. False

How many plays did Shakespeare write?

1. 48
2. 38
3. 40
4. More than 50

We don't use any of the words Shakespeare made up anymore.

1. True
2. False

Which plays by Shakespeare do you know?

Shakespeare now

Shakespeare now

2 How many languages have Shakespeare's plays been translated into?

1. Over 20
2. Over 50
3. Over 100

4 When was a Shakespeare play first filmed?

1. 1900
2. 1950
3. 1925

6 How much were people who wrote plays paid in Shakespeare's time?

1. £18
2. £12
3. £6

8 How did the Globe Theatre announce a new play in Shakespeare’s time?

1. Newspaper advert
2. Hanging out flags
3. Insta/twitter

10 The stories told in most of Shakespeare’s plays are not original.

1. true
2. false

What was Shakespeare's first job?

1. Glovemaker
2. Actor
3. Writer
4. Farmer

So, who was he?

• Born in 1564
• Poet, writer and actor
• Wrote about 38 plays
• Made up a lot of words we still use today

Romeo & Juliet

Romeo & Juliet

Read the prologue

try to understand it / translate it

questions will follow

Where is the story set?

What line tells us already how the story will end? cite the first two words

Who will the play be about according to the prologue?

1. Romeo and Juliet
2. two households
3. a pair of lovers
4. children

What will the duration of the play be?

Mediafile Assignment

-Reading the book

-Exercises during the lesson

-Hand is via Teams