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William Shakespeare was born in Stratford on April 23rd, 1564. His father, John Shakespeare, was an important man in the town – William didn’t come from a poor family.

When he was eighteen, William married Anne Hathaway in Stratford but he didn’t want to stay there. He wanted to be an actor and the best theatres were in London. So, in 1587, William went to London, where he worked as an actor in a theatre called The Rose.

He began to write plays for the actors. He wrote Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Richard II, Antony and Cleopatra and many more. Everyone liked his plays, and he became famous.

When James I became king in 1603, Shakespeare worked for him, and performed his plays for the King and his friends. He also worked at the famous Globe Theatre. This play presented his last play, Henry VIII. There was a gun in this play, and the fire from the gun burned the theatre down.

In 1610, Shakespeare went back to Stratford. He wanted to live there with his family, but he died on April 23rd, 1610. He was only forty-six years old.

1. Read the text and answer the questions.

1. How old was Shakespeare when he got married?

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1. What was his wife’s name?

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1. Why did Shakespeare go to London?

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1. What was the name of the first theatre he worked in?

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1. What was he famous for?

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1. Fill in the table with what happened in Shakespeare’s life in these years.

A Shakespeare Biography Quiz

1. In what year was Shakespeare born?

2. What town or city was Shakespeare born in?

3. Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, but what county is the town in?

4. The names of Shakespeare's father and mother were:

5. Shakespeare attended the Stratford Grammar School, also known as the King's New School:

6. Who did Shakespeare marry?

7. How old was Shakespeare when he got married?

8. Shakespeare was the father of how many children?

9. Shakespeare left his home town of Stratford because:

10. The London theaters were closed on account of a virulent outbreak of the plague in 1593 and part of 1594. Specifically, what disease was this?

11. In what year was the Globe Theater built?

12. Some time after 1599-1600 Shakespeare turned from writing predominantly romantic comedies and history plays to tragedies. Which five plays are known as his "great tragedies"?

13. In 1603 Shakespeare's acting company, The Lord Chamberlain's Men, became the King's Men. Which king was their patron?

14. In his later years, Shakespeare collaborated with what author on the play The Two Noble Kinsmen?

15. In what year did Shakespeare die?

16. How much did Shakespeare write?

17. In what year was the first collected edition of Shakespeare's plays, called the First Folio, published?

18. Is it reasonable to think that someone other than William Shakespeare (1564-1616) of Stratford-upon-Avon wrote the works attributed to him?

19. Complete William Shakespeare’s quote: “If music be the food of ______, play on”.

20. To which city does Romeo go after being exiled from Verona?

21. Where and when do Romeo and Juliet meet?

(Учащиеся читают текст и готовят ответы на вопросы)

I. Unprepared Reading

The Man of Stratford

England's greatest poet  was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon in that part of he country which is very typical of England: green meadows , age-old trees, green hedges between fields, old beautiful houses, white and black farm cottages.
William's father, John Shakespeare was born in a village  three miles north of Stratford. He was the son of a farmer. About 1550 he moved  to Stratford. He vas a glove-maker . He married ' Mary Arden in 1556 and at that time they were living in a comfortable house in Henley Street, William's birthplace.
You can see the modest  room where he was born with the dark furniture and small windows. Their cottage and the furniture are reconstruction  but so good, that you forget things aren't really  old.
William Shakespeare moved to London soon after his marriage. Soon he joined  the company of actors  and was acting  in his own plays .
At that time he wrote Romeo and Juliet, Ju­lius Caesar  and Much Ado  about Nothing. He wrote 37 plays in 23 years.
W. Shakespeare died  in 1616. You can see the place where he rests in the church not far from the house where he was born.
Now people from every country of the world come to Stratford. They visit the house in Hen­ley Street, the grammar school where William first learned to read and to write and the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre near the Avon River.

Questions:

1) Where and when was William Shakespeare born?
2) What is that place like?
3) What do we know about his parents?
4) Shakespeare was born in a house in Hen­ley Street, wasn't he?
5) What did Shakespeare do in London?
6) What places of interest can tourists see in Stratford?
7) How many plays did he write?
8) Can you name any of his comedies?
9) Can you name any of his tragedies?
10) How many children did he have?

Ответы на вопросы викторины:

The Man of Stratford

1) England's greatest poet was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon .
2) That part of the country  is very typical of England: green meadows , age-old trees, green hedges between fields, old beautiful houses, white and black farm cottages.
3) William's father, John Shakespeare was born in a village three miles north of Stratford. He was the son of a farmer. About 1550 he moved to Stratford. He was a glove-maker. He married Mary Arden in 1556 and at that time they were living in a comfortable house in Henley Street, William's birthplace.
4) You can see the modest room where he was born with the dark furniture and small windows. Their cottage and the furniture are reconstruction but so good that you forget things aren't really old.
5) William married at the age of 18 Anna Hathaway. She was 6 years older and she was the farmer's daughter.
6) They had three children: a daughter Susanna and twins: Hamlet and Judith.
7) William Shakespeare moved to London soon after his marriage. Soon he joined the company of actors and was acting in his own plays . At that time he wrote Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar  and Much Ado  about Nothing.
8) Now people from every country of the world come to Stratford. They visit the house in Henley Street, the grammar school where William first learned to read and to write and the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre near the Avon River.
9) He wrote 37 plays and 156 sonnets in 23 years.
10) He wrote the following comedies:

• The comedy of errors

• A midsummer Night's dream

• The Merchant of Venice

• As you like it

• Twelfth Night

• All's well that ends well

 11) His tragedies are

• Romeo and Juliet

• Julius Caesar

• Hamlet

• Othello

• King Lear

• Macbeth

12) W. Shakespeare died  in 1616 in Stratford where he returned and spent his last years of life. You can see the place where he rests in the church not far from the house where he was born.

Reading (текст для домашнего задания)

ROMEO AND JULIET

The Capulets and the Montagues lived in Verona. The two families hated each other. One day the Capulets had a dance. Romeo, a young Montague, went to the dance wearing a mask, but he was recognized. It was there that he first saw Juliet, Capulet's daughter. It was love at first sight.
After the party, Romeo went to hide in the bushes under Juliet's window. Juliet came out onto her balcony. She, like Romeo, had fallen in love with her father's greatest enemy.
Romeo heard her talking to herself about her love for him, and he came out of the bushes. He stood under the balcony and asked her to marry him. Juliet was afraid and begged him to leave, but first she agreed to marry Romeo the next day.
Romeo and Juliet were married secretly by a priest called Friar Laurence. Juliet's cousin Tybaltwanted to fight Romeo. Romeo refused because he had just married Juliet. Later, however, Tybalt killed Romeo's best friend so Romeo fought and killed Tybalt. Romeo had to leave Verona because he had killed Tybalt. While he was away, Juliet's father decided she had to marry another man in three days' time. Juliet did not know what to do. She went to see Friar Laurence and together they made a plan. Juliet would pretend to kill herself. Laurence would then take her 'body' to a safe place and Romeo would join her.
Romeo did not know about the plan and he was so upset when he received the news that Juliet was dead that he bought some poison and rushed to Juliet's tomb. There he drank the poison. When Juliet woke up, Romeo was already dead. Juliet took Romeo's knife and pressed it into her heart.
When they realized what had happened the fathers were very sad and ashamed. As a result of the tragedy the two families became friends forever.

Answer the questions:

1. Why did Romeo hide under Juliet's window after the party?

2. Why did Juliet agree to marry Romeo?

3. Why did Romeo refuse to fight Tybalt at first?

4. Why did Romeo fight Tybalt?

5. Why did Romeo leave Verona?

6. Why did Romeo buy some poison?

7. Why did Romeo kill himself?

8. Why did Juliet kill herself?

9. Why did the Capulets and Montagues become friends?

You are going to make a film about a pair of tragic lovers today. Decide the answers to the questions.

1. Who are the families? What are their names?

2. What do they do?

3. Where do the young couple meet?

4. What is the problem that leads to the tragedy?

5.  What is the tragedy?

6. How does the story end?

Write a short summary of your story.

The next task for you is to put verbs in Active or Passive Voice

Shakespeare’s Theatre

1. Shakespeare's Globe was rather different from modern theatres. The plays ____ (perform) in the open air and the audience ____ (get) wet if it rained.

There was no scenery, and the only lighting was the daylight that ____ (come) from the open roof above. So, most plays ____ (give) in the afternoon.

Women in those days _____ not _____ (allow) to act in public and all the parts _____ (play) by men.

Before a new play ____ (start) the flag ____ (raise). The town folk ___ (get) into their boats and ____(row) across the river to see a new play by William Shakespeare.

But if the weather was bad, the flags _____(pull) down and the performance ____(cancel).

let’s revise our grammar. The task is to form a word using the ones in the right column

A Shakespeare Biography Quiz

1. In what year was Shakespeare born?

1. 1564

2. 1616

3. 1558

4. 1592

2. What town or city was Shakespeare born in?

1. London

2. Stratford-upon-Avon

3. Snitterfield

4. Oxford

3. Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, but what county is the town in?

1. Sussex

2. Norfolk

3. Durham

4. Warwickshire

4. The names of Shakespeare's father and mother were:

1. Abraham and Sara

2. William and Anne

3. John and Mary

5. Shakespeare attended the Stratford Grammar School, also known as the King's New School:

1. From 1569 to 1579

2. He did not attend school.

3. There are no records of his school attendance, but it is highly likely he attended that school.

6. Who did Shakespeare marry?

1. Judith Sadler

2. Susanna Hall

3. Anne Hathaway

4. Mary Queen of Scots

7. How old was Shakespeare when he got married?

1. 17

2. 18

3. 19

4. 20

8. Shakespeare was the father of how many children?

1. 3

2. 2

3. 10

4. 1

9. Shakespeare left his home town of Stratford because:

1. He was caught poaching on the lands of Sir Thomas Lucy and fled to avoid prosecution.

2. He was apprenticed to his father who was a butcher. He hated the work and ran away to London.

3. He took a job as a school teacher in the country, and left to pursue this career.

4. It is not known for sure how or why he left.

10. The London theaters were closed on account of a virulent outbreak of the plague in 1593 and part of 1594. Specifically, what disease was this?

1. Tuberculosis

2. The Plague of Frogs

3. Bubonic Plague

4. The pox

11. In what year was the Globe Theater built?

1. 1594

2. 1599

3. 1608

4. 1613

12. Some time after 1599-1600 Shakespeare turned from writing predominantly romantic comedies and history plays to tragedies. Which five plays are known as his "great tragedies"?

1. Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, King Lear, Antony and Cleopatra

2. The Merchant of Venice, Henry IV Part 1, Henry IV Part 2, Henry V, Twelfth Night

3. King John, Henry VI Part 1, Richard II, Richard III, Henry VIII

4. Measure for Measure, Troilus and Cressida, Coriolanus, Timon of Athens, Cymbeline.

13. In 1603 Shakespeare's acting company, The Lord Chamberlain's Men, became the King's Men. Which king was their patron?

1. George III

2. James I

3. Edward III

4. Henry VIII

14. In his later years, Shakespeare collaborated with what author on the play The Two Noble Kinsmen?

1. Thomas Middleton

2. Francis Beaumont.

3. Christopher Marlowe.

4. John Fletcher.

5. Ben Jonson

15. In what year did Shakespeare die?

1. 1599

2. 1616

3. 1623

4. 1642

16. How much did Shakespeare write?

1. 1 play, 38 sonnets and 154 epic narrative poems

2. 54 plays, 5 sonnets, and 38 epic narrative plays

3. 4 plays, 38 sonnets, and 5 epic narrative poem

4. 38 plays, 154 sonnets, and 2 epic narrative poems

17. In what year was the first collected edition of Shakespeare's plays, called the First Folio, published?

1. 1599

2. 1616

3. 1623

4. 1685

18. Is it reasonable to think that someone other than William Shakespeare (1564-1616) of Stratford-upon-Avon wrote the works attributed to him?

1. Yes.

2. No.

The Quiz

1. When and where was Shakespeare born?

1. April 23, 1564 in Stratford- upon –Avon b)September 11, in London

1. How many brothers and sisters did he have?

1. 2 brothers and 5 sisters b) 3 brothers and 4 sisters

1. Where did he study?

1. In a Secondary school b) In a Grammar school

1. What was his main profession?

a) playwriter and an actor b)glover

5. When did he marry?

a) at the age of 25 b) at the age of 18

6. What was his wife name?

a) Annе Hathaway b) Sussana Hathaway

7. How many children did they have?

a) 5 children b) 3 children

8. What did he do when he moved to London?

a) He worked in a Royal company b) he painted the pictures

9. What theatre did Shakespeare work at as an actor?

a) The Earth theatre b) The Globe theatre

10. How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?

a) 238 b) 154

11. How many plays did he write?

a) 52 b) 37

12. When did he die?

a) June 13, 1678 b) April 23, 1616

Complete the sentences with the words from the interview.

The Globe is a recreation of Shakespeare’s original theatre, which burnt down in _________. It opened to public ________years ago. The theatre has a curved _____________and is unusual because it has no_______. There are approximately _________performances every year to audiences of about __________people. They do a variety of plays by Shakespeare and his ______________ and new plays too.

Complete the sentences with the words from the interview.

The Globe is a recreation of Shakespeare’s original theatre, which burnt down in _________. It opened to public ________years ago. The theatre has a curved _____________and is unusual because it has no_______. There are approximately _________performances every year to audiences of about __________people. They do a variety of plays by Shakespeare and his ______________ and new plays too.

Complete the sentences with the words from the interview.

The Globe is a recreation of Shakespeare’s original theatre, which burnt down in _________. It opened to public ________years ago. The theatre has a curved _____________and is unusual because it has no_______. There are approximately _________performances every year to audiences of about __________people. They do a variety of plays by Shakespeare and his ______________ and new plays too.

Complete the sentences with the words from the interview.

The Globe is a recreation of Shakespeare’s original theatre, which burnt down in _________. It opened to public ________years ago. The theatre has a curved _____________and is unusual because it has no_______. There are approximately _________performances every year to audiences of about __________people. They do a variety of plays by Shakespeare and his ______________ and new plays too.

Complete the sentences with the words from the interview.

The Globe is a recreation of Shakespeare’s original theatre, which burnt down in _________. It opened to public ________years ago. The theatre has a curved _____________and is unusual because it has no_______. There are approximately _________performances every year to audiences of about __________people. They do a variety of plays by Shakespeare and his ______________ and new plays too.

Complete the sentences with the words from the interview.

The Globe is a recreation of Shakespeare’s original theatre, which burnt down in _________. It opened to public ________years ago. The theatre has a curved _____________and is unusual because it has no_______. There are approximately _________performances every year to audiences of about __________people. They do a variety of plays by Shakespeare and his ______________ and new plays too.