Shakespeare's Love Hits

Let's find out a little bit more about William Shakespeare before going to the theatre.

Have a look at these websites and answer to the following questions:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/shakespeare_william.shtml
http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/content/view/12/12
http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/content/view/17/17
http://shakespeare.mit.edu/

1. Where and in what year was William Shakespeare born?
2. Who was Anne Hathaway?
3. What new theatre company did Shakespeare and others form in 1594?
4. What's the name of the new theatre that the Lord Chamberlain's Men built in 1599?
5. How was the Lord Chamberlain's Company renamed in 1603, when James I succeeded to the throne? Why?
6. What indoor theatre did the King's Men acquire in 1609, to use in addition to the Globe?
7. When did Shakespeare die?
8. Which of these Shakespeare's works are comedies and which are tragedies:

• The Merchant of Venice,
• A Midsummer Night's Dream,
• Macbeth
• Much Ado About Nothing
• King Lear
• Antony and Cleopatra
• Hamlet
• Romeo and Juliet
• Julius Caesar
• Othello
• Twelfth Night

9. Mention two of Shakespeare's plays which are classed uder the category of history.
10. Mention two of Shakespeare's poetry works.
11. Romeo and Juliet belong to two prominent feuding families in opposition. Who belongs to the Capulets family and who belongs to the Montagues family?
12. How does Romeo die?
13. What is the name of Oberon's servant? Oberon is the king of the fairies in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
14. Match the couples in A Midsummer Night's Dream: Lysander, Helena, Demetrius, Theseus, Hermia, Hippolyta.
15. Complete the following sentence about Othello's plot: Othello is jealous because ______________ makes him believe that his wife, ___________________, is in love with __________________.