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Work with a partner and find the answer to these questions. You will find help in the web links on the left: 1) Who was William Shakespeare? 2) Where and when was Shakespeare born? What do we celebrate this year, then? 4) What was Shakespeare’s wife’s name? 5) At what age did he get married? 6) How many children did they have? What were their names? 7) What happens in 1570? 8) What happens in 1582? 9) What happens in 1588? 10) What is the Globe? 11) How many plays did Shakespeare write? 12) What else did he write? 13) Were there women actors on Shakespeare’s time? 14) Which two monarchs reigned in England while Shakespeare was alive? 14) Shakespeare plays are classified into Tragedies, Comedies and History Plays. Here are some of Shakespeare’s plays. Classify them in one of these categories: The Taming of the Shrew, King John, Richard II, The Merchant of Venice, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, Henry V, Too Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet. Tragedies Comedies History Plays |