William Shakespeare. Chapters 1- 3. Chapters 4-6. Chapters 7-9. Chapters 10-12

William Shakespeare

Chapters 1- 3

Queen Elizabeth watched the play called “Twelfth Night” on 6^th January, 1601.
Will’s father was a glove-maker, and he had other business too, like buying and selling sheep.
Will was only eighteen when he got married.
The manes of Will’s three children were Hamnet, Judith and Susanna.

Chapters 4-6

Chapters 7-9

Queen Elizabeth I wanted Will to write a play about Sir John Falstaff in love.
The Globe was the name of the new playhouse in London.
Richard Burbage played the part of Prince Hamlet.
James I became the new king of England.
Susanna got married in June, 1607.
The Mermaid Tavern was the name of the inn where all the writers and poets went.
Ben Jonson liked to find mistakes in Will’s plays.

Chapters 10-12

The king’s Men make more money in the Blackfriars’ theatre because every playgoer had a seat there and paid a shilling for it.
The theatre was on fire.
Will went to London for a party at the Mermaid Tavern. It was Ben’s party for his friends.
Will was 52 when he died.

1) Will worked for his father in Henley Street when he left school.

2) A new actor only got six shillings a week and where wasn’t work every week.

3) Toby didn’t want to be an actor because he couldn’t remember his words.

4) Perhaps Emilia Laniar was Will’s Dark Lady but Toby didn’t really know.

1) Romeo and Juliet is a very sad play because the young lovers die in the end.

2) Will’s play Henry V is about a famous English king who fought a war in France.

3) Ben Jonson wrote clever plays but the playgoers liked Will’s plays better.

4) The King’s Men always did the plays at the Globe before they took them to the King’s court.