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This document provides a series of questions about William Shakespeare to answer using the internet. It covers topics like his life, works, language used, theatre career, and the times he lived in. The questions are organized into sections on his life, plays, language, theatre, and the monarchs that reigned during his lifetime. There is a table to record useful websites found during the research.

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Treasure

This document provides a series of questions about William Shakespeare to answer using the internet. It covers topics like his life, works, language used, theatre career, and the times he lived in. The questions are organized into sections on his life, plays, language, theatre, and the monarchs that reigned during his lifetime. There is a table to record useful websites found during the research.

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Can you answer all the questions below?

Use the
internet to find out all about me (Will Shakespeare)!
Use the table at the end of this booklet to make a note
of useful web sites.

Will Shakespeare
Quill to Keyboard
Treasure Hunt
Name:

Find a picture of me and download it!


A. My life
1. Where and when was I born? 2. What date did I die? How old was I?

3. How many brothers and sisters did I 4. What were my parents’ names?
have?

5. Who did I marry in Nov 1582? How 6. Where did I live for most of my life?
many children did we have?

7. What 3 professions am I famous for? a.


b.
c.

B. My works
1. How many plays did I 2. What else did I write?
write?

3. I wrote all sorts of plays. Fill in the table below with at least 2 examples of
each type:

a. The histories

b. The comedies

c. The tragedies

d. Romances

e. The problem plays (or


tragicomedies)
4. What is the main difference between a Shakespearean comedy and a Shakespearean
tragedy? (Hint: What happens at the end?)

Copyright  2000 Teachit treasure 1


C. My language

To be or not to be …
1. What was the form of English I used to 2. Many quotations from my works are now
write my plays? very famous (no wonder – I was a pretty
good writer). Can you find or think of
three? Make sure you say which play they
3. What is the difference between poetry and are from too!
prose?
a.

b.
4. Did people really speak the way they do in
my plays?
c.

5. Some of the words I used have different 6. Sometimes I shortened words. Can you
meanings today or have never been heard work out what the proper versions of each
of. Fill in the chart below: of these might be?

AFEARED ‘tis
CONSTANT ope
COT-QUEAN o’er
DIG-YOU-GOOD- gi’
DEN
FESTINATELY ne’er
GORBELLIED i’
HAPPILY e’er
HUGGER-MUGGER oft
LASS-LORN a’
MELL e’en
NICE 7. How many words did I use? How many do
PARD you use today?

RASCAL
SANS
SAW

Copyright  2000 Teachit treasure 2


D. My theatre

1a. Which theatre company did I join in 1594?

1b. What did we change our name to later? Why?

2. I then spent 5 years working for this theatre group and saved enough to make an important
investment – buying a share in a theatre. Which one? Find a picture of it and download it!

3. Who played my female roles? Why?

4. Where did I get my ideas from? 5. How did my plays get handed down to you?

E. My times

1. Which two monarchs 2. What caused all the theatres


reigned while I was alive? in London to be closed down
What was each period between 1593 and 1594?
called? What happened to the theatre
companies at this time?

Copyright  2000 Teachit treasure 3


Useful web site addresses for studying Shakespeare

Remember to fill in the table below.

Web site name URL My comments – make notes about each web site here!

Copyright  2000 Teachit treasure 4

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