1. The Man That Would Be Shakespeare 1563-1616 Stratford-on-Avon, England He wrote 37 plays & 154 sonnets He started out as an actor 2. Background of the…

that would ascend invention, a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene! V, prologue A KINGDOM FOR A STAGE Plays ROBERT ORNSTEIN the President and…

Slide 1The Tudor Myth and the Place of the Stage Slide 2 Shakespeare’s History Plays Two tetralogies (series of four plays): –First Tetralogy (1590-93): Henry VI, parts…

Slide 1 Shakespeare's History By Fergus Evans Slide 2 Growing up... Main Section Slide 3 Who was Shakespeare?? Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire,…

Slide 1 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 26 APRIL 1564- 23 APRIL 1616 ENGLISH LESSONS in primary school – 6TH Slide 2 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Who was William Shapespeare? He was an English…

The Agincourt Bride Joanna spent twenty-five years at the BBC writing and presenting for radio and television. Her first book, Rebellion at Orford Castle, was a children’s…

Queen Elizabeth I – ( 1558-1603 ) Ruled England for 45 years. Nicknamed “the Virgin Queen” and produced no heir to the throne Restored Protestantism and formalized…

CRASH COURSE IN ENGLISH HISTORY IN THE BEGINNING⦠Between 800 and 600 B.C., two groups of Celts from southern Europe invaded the British Isles. The âBritonsâ settled…

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark By William Shakespeare The Plays Early plays, 1590âs, were mainly comedy Comedy (and this could be extended to most of Shakespeare's…

The Elizabethan World Picture Many have written about a shared cultural and cosmological view of order during the Elizabethan period: Tillyard’s Elizabethan World Picture…