Shakespeare+ the Globe + Romeo and Juliet

• Engels
• Middelbare school

William Shakespeare 1564 - 1616

(Literature 1)

What do you know about Shakespeare?

Theatre

You'll watch a clip about the Globe. 

You'll have to answer questions afterwards.

When was the globe originally constructed?

1. 14th century
2. 15th century
3. 16th century
4. 17th century

The most expensive place in the globe to see a play is

1. in the pit
2. first circle
3. second circle
4. top circle

Difference between west end plays now and plays then

1. audience in the dark / audience in the light
2. no participation with audience/ participation
3. women in the plays / no women allowed
4. important to see the play / important to hear the play

What happened if the audience didn't like the play?

1. shouting at actors
2. throwing things at actors
3. the play stopped
4. nothing

Romeo and Juliet (1594/96)

Shakespeare's principal source for the plot of Romeo and Juliet was The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet, a long narrative poem written in 1562 by the English poet Arthur Brooke, who had based his poem on a French translation of a tale by the Italian writer Matteo Bandello.

Shakespeare

• Romeo and Juliet: film trailer
• Discuss the cartoon
• Watch the balcony scene
• Discuss the cartoon
• Recap story Romeo and Juliet
• Do the exercises in unit 6 
• Discuss 

Question 1

What can be seen in each part? Look at the words and the people depicted.

What is this scene called?

1. Capulet's Orchard
2. Act 2
3. Orchard scene
4. Balcony scene

Romeo compares Juliet to

1. sun
2. moon
3. bright angel
4. saint

Romeo compares Juliet's eyes to

1. sun
2. lamp
3. stars
4. heaven

Which metaphor does Romeo use to say he would like to touch Juliet?

1. a stream
2. a glove
3. daylight
4. heaven

The what does Juliet mean with the famous line 'O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo'

Question 2

On the third page of the cartoon there is one person in the bottom margin who looks familiar. Who is this? And what is this person doing?

Question 3

On page 4 of the cartoon there is another well-known person, in the margin on the right. Who is she? And what is she saying?

Shakespeare

• Do the exercises in unit 6  
• Discuss