Shakespeare and his time

What play did Shakespeare write about witches to please James I?

Why was the Globe built just outside London?

What is the name of the idea that everyone and everything has a place in the natural order of things?

What did actors do at the end of a play?

Which women could own property?

What might the audience throw if they didn't like the play?

If a prince or princess did something wrong, who got punished?

What shape is the Globe?

Who played female characters on stage in Shakespeare's time?

What was the main religion in Elizabethan England?

How many syllables are there usually in a line iambic pentameter?

How old did you have to be to get married in Shakespeare's day?

What did the Elizabethans think had to be in balance in your body for good health?

Where did Shakespeare grow up?

Before the theatres were built, what did actors do?

Where did Shakespeare get the story of Romeo and Juliet from?

What kind of characters speak prose in Shakespeare?

How many of the 17,000 words in Skapespeare's plays did he invent?

What did Shakespeare's dad do?

Why were there performances only during the day?

What is blank verse?

What do we call a section of a play in one place at one time?

Why didn't every actor have his own copy of a play?

Who owned the acting companies in Shakespeare's day?