Proper noun
Shakespeare- A rare English surname
- William Shakespeare, an English playwright and poet of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries
- Note: In his manuscripts, William Shakespeare used a great variety of spellings of his surname; too many to list here. This is because at this time spelling was not standardized like it is today. One notable spelling is Shakespear, without the final e.
- His works or media adaptations of his works.
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Shakespeare?
I need help on my homework...
1)What was the name of
shakespeare's new theatre in
Southwark?
2)Why did shakespeare retire?
3)Where did shakespeare
probably first see plays,
jousting, and entertainment on
a grand (and royal) scale?
4)How did other playwrights,
especially Robert Greene,
react to Shakespeare's plays?
5)What probably drove
Shakespeare tp write so many
plays in 20 years?
-if you know any of these
answers or know where i can
get the answers, please help!
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I need help on my homework... 1)What was the name of shakespeare's new theatre in Southwark? It was a little tavern called Willy's Watering Hole. They sold drinks in the front and had a tiny black box theatre in the back. One of the rooms was painted red, because it was where the patrons could hire hookers. But the agents of the Queen discovered it, so they quickly repainted the room green. It became known as the Green Room. 2)Why did shakespeare retire? He wrote in his diary that he got tired of all the auditions, and there were women coming him pretending to be boys and wanting to act. It was a lot of trouble. He just got sick of it. But he was also running away from gambling debts. See below. 3)Where did shakespeare probably first see plays, jousting, and entertainment on a grand (and royal) scale? Very likely at Monte Carlo. It was a big vacation spot even back then, and Shakespeare was a notorious gambler. He once put up the entire Globe Theatre against one throw of the dice, in a bet with another Venetian gambler called Cilocchi. The resulting negotiations and their denouement formed the basis of his play, "The Merchant of Venice." Cilocchi was a member of the Mafia, and to avoid the vendetta, Shakespeare changed his name to Shylock and produced the play. 4)How did other playwrights, especially Robert Greene, react to Shakespeare's plays? Robert Greene was famous for his comments on the plays. He was not only a playwright, but a critic for the Elizabethan Post. In his review of Hamlet, Greene wrote: "Tis ludicrous in the extreme. The hero, we are told, can barely make up his mind. At times, his thought retardeth his actions. And the lad who plays Ophelia hath hair upon his lip and on his legs. Disgusting." 5)What probably drove Shakespeare tp write so many plays in 20 years? Shakespeare was a compulsive gambler. He wrote plays to pay his debts, especially to the Cilocchi Crew in Venice, who had strongarms in England. They killed Christopher Marlowe in a tavern over money. Plus Shakespeare hated to work with his hands. In his diary, he wrote revealingly, "How it doth make me laugh to think of all the work I ha' scaped, and all for the writing of so paltry a thing as a play. Hath it a body? No. Can it be seen? No, but only when it is enacted. Can a man take it with him? No. Can he digest it? No. It giveth nothing but idle joy, but so much more to he that writeth it, for he that writeth it never worketh a dayeth in his lifeth." |
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Is understanding Shakespeare a A lot of people complain that
the works of Shakespeare are
incomprehensible to them. They
frequently make the excuse
that Elizabethan English is
unfamiliar to them, or that
"shakespeare cant speak
english lol!"
I've personally never found a
significant problem in
understanding Shakespeare.
Some phrases and references he
uses I'm sure are lost in
time, but the bulk of his work
is easy for me to understand.
Are those who can't understand
Shakespeare just stupid?
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I don't think it's a matter of intelligence. I've always believed it being a matter of language. We don't understand some of the Elizabethan English - it doesn't mean you're stupid. If it was 'tranlated' to modern English it would be easier to understand. The plot/story is basic human emotions - love, hate, revenge, etc. Just the delivery is unfamiliar. |
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Is shakespeare correct to Is shakespeare (via Theseus)
correct to group lovers in
with lunatics and poets?
Anybody please comment on the
treatment of love and lovers
in A Midsummers Night's Dream.
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It is observed, happening quite often that way. So there is hardly any good reason to dispute it with Shakespeare. That is based on my experience. |
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