English 10: Western Tradition

(10 pts.)

                                                                      Name_____________________________

Shakespeare Review: (As in, you guys already know all this – right?)

___________________ was born in the year ____________ in the town of ________________. He

married _____________ when he was ________ years old and she was __________. Sometime after

this, Shakespeare went to live in  _______________. By the time he was 28, he was well established

there as an ______________ and a _________________. At 30, he became a shareholder in an

acting company called ___________________, which was a favorite of Queen __________________.

When the theater had to close down for two years because of  _________________, Shakespeare

turned to writing __________________ and became famous for that as well. He retired in his mid-

forties, and later died on _____________________.

Shakespeare’s theater, the _______________, first opened in _____________. Its design was based on

the structure of ________________ and __________________(where plays had been performed years

earlier). It was an _____________-sided building with a center, open-to-the sky area called the

________________, and three rows of seats covered with a ________________. People who stood in

the _____________ were called ________________, and they paid ______________ to get

into a play. The stage that projected into the audience (and where outdoor scenes were played) was

called the _________________ stage, and in the middle of it there was a trap door that led to the

______________, where props were stored and where “ghosts” might hide to make an entrance. The

painted roof above the main stage was called the _______________. Indoor scenes were played on the

______________ stage, and hilltop or “highrise” scenes took place on the __________________ stage.

At the top of the theater was the __________________, where musicians played. In the

 ________________ theater, many _________________ were used, such as swords, lanterns, and

rocks, but there were no actual ________________ as are used today. To make up for this lack of

____________________, elaborate, expensive  __________________ were worn. Also, all parts were

played by _______________, since the theater was considered an inappropriate place for

__________________. After ___________ years of success, the _____________ theater burned down

during a production of ______________________.