Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Age by Jaya Strasberg https://padlet.com/708981/ac7jylw3w5kk Exploring Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Age in England en-us 2020-03-31 22:54:28 UTC 2020-04-03 18:50:47 UTC hello@padlet.com Shakespeare’s Impact 708981 https://padlet.com/708981/ac7jylw3w5kk/wish/485539690
  • His most well known works were written between 1589 and 1613.
  • His earlier plays were comedies and histories. Later in his life he wrote tragedies. 

  • He was hired by the queen of England to perform in the royal court. 
  • The word gloomy was a verb before Shakespeare used it as an adjective in his play "Titus Andronicus".
  • He used a number of common words in our English language for the first time in a lot of his plays.
    • ]]>     2020-03-31 23:00:58 UTC https://padlet.com/708981/ac7jylw3w5kk/wish/485539690     The Globe Theatre & Plays 708981 https://padlet.com/708981/ac7jylw3w5kk/wish/485539804 The Globe Theatre was built in 1599 in London, England. It was owned by actors William Shakespeare and Richard Burbage. 

    • There were no female actors in this time so the female roles were played by men. 
    • In 1613, a cannon shot the roof of the Globe Theatre and burned it down. 
    • The stage was about 43 feet across and 27 feet deep.
    • Two stage posts held up the stage cover. The cover had a trapdoor in the top for actors playing gods to be lowered from.
    • The crowds at Shakespeare’s plays could be very rowdy and boo and throw food at actors that they didn't like. 
    • The Globe Theatre could hold up to 3,000 people. 
    • There were different seats in the Globe Theatre. The cheapest price for admission was one penny and you stood on the ground in front of the stage. If you paid more you could get a seat with a cushion.
    ]]>     2020-03-31 23:01:06 UTC https://padlet.com/708981/ac7jylw3w5kk/wish/485539804     About Queen Elizabeth I 708981 https://padlet.com/708981/ac7jylw3w5kk/wish/491752576
  • Queen Elizabeth I ruled England for 44 years.
  • Queen Elizabeth I never married.
  • She was the daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.
  • She was born on September 7, 1533 in Greenwich, England
  • Her mother was beheaded when she was only 2 years old.

    • ]]>     2020-04-03 18:44:19 UTC https://padlet.com/708981/ac7jylw3w5kk/wish/491752576     The Culture of the Elizabethan Era 708981 https://padlet.com/708981/ac7jylw3w5kk/wish/491753596 The Elizabethan Age took place from 1558 to 1603. This was a time when England was experiencing peace so the arts could prosper. It is called the Elizabethan Age after Queen Elizabeth I who ruled England at the time. 

    • The first stock exchange in England happened in 1565 during the Elizabethan Age.
    • If people got sick or injured, a lot of the cures were natural remedies. For example, soaking bread in milk and herbs could be used to heal a bad cut.
    • Most people did not bathe very often. They washed their hands and faces but did not do very much beyond that. 
    • People believed in witches. They tested to see if a woman was a witch by throwing the suspect into water with her arms and legs tied up and if she escaped they were a witch. 

    ]]>     2020-04-03 18:45:02 UTC https://padlet.com/708981/ac7jylw3w5kk/wish/491753596     About Shakespeare 708981 https://padlet.com/708981/ac7jylw3w5kk/wish/491754673 William Shakespeare grew up in  Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. When he was 18, he married 26 year old Anne Hathaway and had 3 children. 


    • Over the course of his life he wrote 37 plays.
    • Shakespeare’s family eventually died out and there are no direct descendants of Shakespeare today. 
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