Historical Context: Willy Shakes

Shakespeare's plays can be categorized as

The city where Shakespeare spent most of his life was

Acting companies were made up of

Plays were performed in the _______

When the audience didn't like a play, they would

The name of this period that was used _______ because of a major re-birth of the arts.

Shakespeare was married at age

Who was Shakespeare's wife?

Shakespeare is known as

The theater most associated with Shakespeare is

The plague was spread by _____ on rats.

A fourteen-lined love poem is called a

The play which made Shakespeare famous was _______because it mixed tragedy and comedy.

Shakespeare was born in

The era was named after this famous queen

Groundlings paid a penny to stand here to watch the plays

Shakespeare is believed to have help translate _________ into English.

The average life span during Shakespeare's time was

This spread through Europe twice during Shakespeare's lifetime

Women were considered to be

Actors would sometimes

What were three forms of entertainment during this time period?

Shakespeare put very little of this in his plays.

What is Historical Context?

A bard is a