Why did actors need to speak loudly??

To be heard in open air theatres

What does "groundlings" refer to?

Poor people who stood during plays

What role did language play in Elizabethan theatre?

It filled the gaps of simple staging

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1
What types of plays did Shakespeare write about Happy ending?
Roman plays
Tragedies
Histories
Comedies
2
What was the first public theatre called?
The Swan
The Royal Theatre
The Globe
The Theatre
3
What kind of city was Elizabethan London?
Poor and rural
Modern and rural
Multicultural and busy
Quiet and small
4
Why is Shakespeare still popular today?
He was king
He wrote about aliens
His characters are universal
He lived in New York
5
Why did actors need to speak loudly??
The was no microphone
To be heard in open air theatres
The audience was far away
There was music playing
6
WHere was Shakespeare born?
Oxford
Stratford upon avon
Canterbury
London
7
When were plays usually performed?
In the evening
In the afernoon
At night with candles
In the morning
8
Which play includes the line "to be or not to be"?
Romeo and Juliet
Julius Caesar
Machbeth
Hamlet
9
What was the name of Shakespeare's theatre company?
The Royal Players
The London players
The King's men
The queen's men
10
What does Shakespeare's canon include?
All his poems only
Only his comedies
His personal letters
His dramatic works
11
What kind of plays end with marriage and happiness?
Comedies
Problem plays
Tragedies
Histories
12
Which of these expressions comes from Shakespeare's plays?
It's raining cats and dogs
Cat got your tongue
Every cloud has a silver lining
Break the ice
13
When was Shakespeare born?
1582
1603
1564
1616
14
What was one common object used on stage?
Microphones
Computers
Bottles
Curtains
15
What does "groundlings" refer to?
Actors
Poor people who stood during plays
Rich nobles in private boxes
People who sold food
16
What role did language play in Elizabethan theatre?
Only used for comic effect
It filled the gaps of simple staging
Mostly used for background music
It was unimportant
17
Who playes female roles?
no one
men
young girls
Women from nobles families
18
Who were the Chamberlain's Men?
A group of nobles
Shakespeare's enemies
His theatre company
Actors from France
19
What is characteristic of Shakespeare's tragedies?
Funny mistakes
Tragic destiny of menkind
Stories of kings only
Happy endings
20
Which of these plays is a tragedy?
Midsummer's night dream
The Tempest
Julius Caesar
Hamlet

Shakespeare life and theatre Flashcards | StudBud

Shakespeare life and theatre

20 termsStudBud Administration18 plays

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Flashcards20 cardsFPractice quizPHost liveL

Questions 20

Answers

1
What types of plays did Shakespeare write about Happy ending?
Roman plays
Tragedies
Histories
Comedies
2
What was the first public theatre called?
The Swan
The Royal Theatre
The Globe
The Theatre
3
What kind of city was Elizabethan London?
Poor and rural
Modern and rural
Multicultural and busy
Quiet and small
4
Why is Shakespeare still popular today?
He was king
He wrote about aliens
His characters are universal
He lived in New York
5
Why did actors need to speak loudly??
The was no microphone
To be heard in open air theatres
The audience was far away
There was music playing
6
WHere was Shakespeare born?
Oxford
Stratford upon avon
Canterbury
London
7
When were plays usually performed?
In the evening
In the afernoon
At night with candles
In the morning
8
Which play includes the line "to be or not to be"?
Romeo and Juliet
Julius Caesar
Machbeth
Hamlet
9
What was the name of Shakespeare's theatre company?
The Royal Players
The London players
The King's men
The queen's men
10
What does Shakespeare's canon include?
All his poems only
Only his comedies
His personal letters
His dramatic works
11
What kind of plays end with marriage and happiness?
Comedies
Problem plays
Tragedies
Histories
12
Which of these expressions comes from Shakespeare's plays?
It's raining cats and dogs
Cat got your tongue
Every cloud has a silver lining
Break the ice
13
When was Shakespeare born?
1582
1603
1564
1616
14
What was one common object used on stage?
Microphones
Computers
Bottles
Curtains
15
What does "groundlings" refer to?
Actors
Poor people who stood during plays
Rich nobles in private boxes
People who sold food
16
What role did language play in Elizabethan theatre?
Only used for comic effect
It filled the gaps of simple staging
Mostly used for background music
It was unimportant
17
Who playes female roles?
no one
men
young girls
Women from nobles families
18
Who were the Chamberlain's Men?
A group of nobles
Shakespeare's enemies
His theatre company
Actors from France
19
What is characteristic of Shakespeare's tragedies?
Funny mistakes
Tragic destiny of menkind
Stories of kings only
Happy endings
20
Which of these plays is a tragedy?
Midsummer's night dream
The Tempest
Julius Caesar
Hamlet