Level 4 - Shakespeare - His Life and Plays - Penguin Readers[1]

7/21/2019 Level 4 - Shakespeare - His Life and Plays - Penguin Readers[1]

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n Shakespeare# His Life and Plas # $ill F%&lerdescri'es Shakespeare(s life fr%) the earl ti)es inStratf%rd# then as an act%r and dra)atist in L%nd%n#t% his *nal ears+

The intr%ducti%n e,plains that n%t )uch is kn%&n a'%utShakespeare(s life+ A picture is 'uilt up fr%) the generalhist%r %f the ti)es+ The *rst chapter c%vers Shakepeare(schildh%%d# and the sec%nd chapter# his )arriage+ The 'iggestgap in kn%&ledge a'%ut his life is 'et&een -./. and -.01#during &hich he has alr ead 'ec%)e an act%r andpla&right+ Earl plas included The 2%)ed %f Err%rs andThe Taming of the Shrew .

The f%ll%&ing chapters descri'e his plas# a)%ngst the)#Loves Labour Lost , Richard III and Henry VI . We earn aboutact%rs# patr%ns and the state %f the theatre+ 3et&een -.04and -.0/# Shakespeare &r%te the ver p%pular plas#Richard II, Romeo and !uiet and " #idsummer $ights%ream .

Shakespeare st%pped acting pr%'a'l in -567+ N%&

fa)%us# he spent his ti)e directing his plas and &riting+ Atthis ti)e he &r%te three tragedies# 8thell% # 9ing Lear and#acbeth and the Roman histories, !uius &aesar , "nthonyand &eo'atra and &orioanus .

Shakespeare lived in L%nd%n thr%ugh%ut )%st %f his&%rking life and his fa)il staed in Stratf%rd+ He returned t%Stratf%rd in a'%ut -5-6# &hen he &r%te The $inter:s Tale andhis *nal pla# The Te)pest +

In the last chapter# $ill F%&ler discusses h%& and &hShakespeare(s &%rk# ;he &r%te p%etr as &ell as plas< is stillen=%a'le f%r pe%ple t%da+

$illia) Shakespeare is the )%st fa)%us &riter %f plas in the

English language+ He &as '%rn in -.54# in Stratf%rd>up%n>Av%n+ He &r%te thirt>nine plas and hundreds %f p%e)s+ In-./1 he )arried Anne Hatha&a and the had three children+Living in L%nd%n# &hile his fa)il staed in Stratf%rd# he &asa )e)'er %f a theatre c%)pan &hich perf%r)ed at the?l%'e and 3lackfriars Theatres+ His plas &ere perf%r)ed f%r@ueen Elia'eth - and 9ing Ba)es -+ In -5-6 he returned t%Stratf%rd and c%ntinued t% &rite until his death in -5-5+

This &as an e,citing peri%d %f hist%r# &ith &ars# plagues# thedisc%ver %f ne& c%ntinents# re'elli%ns# and in -56.# the?unp%&der Pl%t# &hen 2ath%lics tried t% 'l%& up the H%uses%f Parlia)ent+ It &as a ti)e &hen ever%ne had t% please the

king %r Cueen if the &anted t% succeed+ If the didn(t# thes%)eti)es l%st their lives+

It &as a g%%d ti)e f%r the theatre in England# &hich helpedShakespeare 'ec%)e a great dra)atist+ The *rst pu'lic

theatre &as 'uilt in L%nd%n in -.5# &hen Shakespeare &asa'%ut seven ears %ld+ Ther e &ere )an %ther *nedra)atists in his ti)e# such as 2hrist%pher Marl%&e and 3en

B%ns%n# and fa)%us act%rs# &h% &er e Elia'ethancele'rities+ ?%ing t% the theatre &as a ver p%pular f%r) %f

entertain)ent+ Shakespeare &as al&as e,peri)enting &iththe stle %f his plas# resp%nding t% fashi%ns and ne& ideasin the L%nd%n theatre+

A rec%nstructi%n %f Shakespeare(s &%%den theatre# als%called the ?l%'e# &as 'uilt near the %riginal site in -00+ M%st%f the audience have t% stand# as the did in Shakespeare(sda+

Shakespeare(s &%rk c%ntinues t% 'e perf%r)ed ar%und the&%rld in dierent )edia %n televisi%n# radi% and cine)a# as&ell as in the theatre+ The R%al Shakespeare 2%)pan#&hich e)pl%s s%)e %f 3ritain(s *nest act%rs# is 'ased inStratf%rd and L%nd%n+ The put %n several Shakespeareplas ever ear+ Fil) direct%rs can add a 'r%ad visualinterpretati%n t% Shakespeare(s 'eautiful &%rds+ The cansh%& things that are diGcult t% sh%& %n stage 'attlescenes# castles# f%rests and the gh%sts# in Ha)let and#acbeth for e(am'e.

There are at least *ve versi%ns %f *l)s %f Ha)let and three%f 8thell% + R%)e% and Buliet &as *l)ed ' 3a Luhr)ann#&h% set the st%r in a vi%lent ur'an )ulti>ethnic &%rld %f rivalstreet gangs# 'ut he kept Shakespeare(s %riginal languageStudents )a als% have seen Shakespeare in L%ve # a *l))ade in -00/ starring ?&neth Paltr%& and B%seph Fiennesas Shakespeare+ The *l) &as ver successful and &%n )ana&ards+ It recreates Elia'ethan L%nd%n and gives anentertaining visual acc%unt %f h%& the theatre &%rked inShakespeare(s da+

Shakespeare(s &%rk has 'een translated int% al)%st everlanguage# all%&ing n%n>English speakers t% en=% his e,citing

st%ries and studies %f hu)an feelings+ 3ut the 'eaut %fShakespeare(s English is a rich part %f the e,perience# andeven if the audience d%n(t understand ever &%rd %r phrase#the can en=% the s%und %f the language+

Man English pe%ple *nd Shakespear e diGcult t%understand+ He uses %ld &%rds and phrases that &e n% l%ngeruse t%da# his gra))ar is s%)eti)es ver c%)ple,# he referst% c%nte)p%rar events that )ean n%thing t% us n%&+

Shakespeare(s plas )irr%r t%da(s s%ciet &ith theirthe)es %f l%ve# f%rgiveness# l%ss# lust f%r p%&er# deceitand l%ss+

Sha)es'eare, His Life and *ays gives us inf%r)ati%na'%ut c%nte)p%rar p%litics and culture+ It helps us t%understand &hat is happening in Shakespeare(s plas+ Itals% helps t% e,plain &h Shakespeare is still p%pular t%da+Man %f the the)es in his plas are %nes &e are interestedin t%da+ 8ne e,a)ple is the the)e %f races thr%ugh hischaracterisati%n %f 8thell%# the M%%r %f enice# andShl%ck# the Be& in The Merchant %f enice +

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te(t as the e(ercises at the bac) of the Reader, and su''ementthose e(ercises. urther su''ementar y e(ercises coveringshorter sections of the boo) can be found on the 'hotoco'iabeStudents "ctivities 'ages of the factsheet. These are 'rimariy foruse with cass readers, but with the e(ce'tion of 'air-grou'wor)uestions, can aso be used by students wor)ing aone in a sef+access centre.

ACTIVITIES BEFORE READING THE BOO

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These Cuesti%ns are 'est ans&ered ' the class after thestudents have &%rked %n the *rst activit in the Reader+Ask students &h the f%ll%&ing )ight 'e i)p%rtant in thest%r %f Shakespeare(s life+

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2%)plete these sentences using inf%r)ati%n fr%) theIntr%ducti%n %n page v+;a< +++ give us )%st %f the inf%r)ati%n &e have a'%ut

Shakespeare(s life+;'< Shakespeare did n%t leave a +++ giving his %pini%ns

a'%ut theatre and p%litics+;c< He &r%te p%e)s called +++ a'%ut his l%ve f%r a )an

and a &%)an+

;d< Shakespeare &as an +++ as &ell as a dra)atist+;e< The +++ in Shakespeare(s plas still see) real t% us 466

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C$%&'er 1 &%e( 1)5

Ans&er these Cuesti%ns+;a< $hat percentage ;< %f the p%pulati%n %f Stratf%rd>

up%n>Av%n died in the plague %f -.54K;'< $hat did B%hn Shakespeare(s 'usiness )akeK;c< $h &as it unusual f%r Mar Arden(s father t% )ake

her resp%nsi'le f%r his &ill and t% leave her his 'estpr%pertK

;d< $hat three languages d% &e kn%& that Shakespearec%uld read as &ell as EnglishK

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Match the dates and nu)'ers t% the sentences+7 / -.6 -./- su))er -./1 N%ve)'er -./1 -./5;a< Shakespeare 'egan a relati%nship &ith Anne

Hatha&a at this ti)e;'< the nu)'er %f ears age dierence 'et&een

Shakespeare and Anne;c< the nu)'er %f s%nnets pu'lished ' Shakespeare;d< the ear that Anne Hatha&a(s father died;e< the )%nth &hen Shakespeare and Anne )arried;f < the nu)'er %f children that Shakespeare and Anne

had;g< the ear &hen Shakespeare pr%'a'l left Stratf%rd f%r

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2ircle the )istakes in these sentences+ There )a 'e)%re than %ne in each sentence+ $rite the c%rrect &%rds+;a< R%'ert ?reene liked Shakespeare 'ecause he had

'een t% universit+;'< Like &riters in H%ll&%%d# dra)atists in Elia'ethan

L%nd%n usuall kept c%ntr%l %ver their &%rk+;c< All %f Shakespeare(s plas &ere pu'lished 'ef%re he

died+;d< Shakespeare &as the %nl g%%d dra)atist %f his ti)e+

;e< Shakespeare(s earl plas are all in the sa)e stle+;f < The Taming of the Shrew is very 'o'uar with modern

audiences+

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!se these na)es t% c%)plete the sentences+Anna %f Den)ark L%rd 3urghle2hrist%pher Marl%&e the Earl %f Esse,

Ba)es 3ur'age the Earl %f S%utha)pt%nBa)es I

;a< In s%)e %f his s%nnets Shakespeare descri'es hisl%ve f%r a hands%)e %ung )an+ S%)e pe%ple thinkthat the %ung )an is +++

;'< +++ &as put t% death ' @ueen Elia'eth I in -56-+;c< The ne,t king %f England after @ueen Elia'eth died

&as +++;d< +++ &as the &ife %f 9ing Ba)es I+;e< +++ &anted the Earl %f S%utha)pt%n t% )arr his

grand>daughter+;f < +++ &as killed in a pu' in L%nd%n in -.04+;g< Philip Hensl%&e and +++ ran rival theatre c%)panies+

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1 $hat tpes %f pla are these traged# c%)ed %rhist%rK

;a< R%)e% and Buliet +++

;'< A Midsu))er Night(s Drea) +++

;c< Henr +++

;d< The Merr $ives %f $inds%r +++

;e< Richard II +++

2 $rite the na)e %f the pla ne,t t% each %f thesesentences+

;a< A fair king and Cueen )ake life diGcult f%r t&%pairs %f %ung l%vers+

;'< Falsta is the her% %f this funn pla+ It has )an

characters &ith sill accents+;c< This pla is set in Ital and the fa)%us villain is a

Be&+

;d< In this pla a c%usin %f the king re'els and takesthe thr%ne+

;e< L%ve 'et&een t&% %ung pe%ple fr%) rivalfa)ilies ends in traged+

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Put these events in the %rder the happened+;a< Shakespeare 'eca)e a partner in the 3ur'age

theatre+;'< The carried their theatre# piece ' piece# %utside the

cit &alls and acr%ss the river+

;c< The 'uilt a ne& theatre > the ?l%'e+;d< The 3ur'age theatre c%)pan &as n%t all%&ed t% use

their theatre inside the cit %f L%nd%n+;e< In -.0/ there &as a c%ld &inter+

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1 Match the na)es and the descripti%ns %f these

characters fr%) Ha)let+;a< H%rati% ;d< ?ertrude

;'< Laertes ;e< Ha)let

;c< 2laudius ;f< 8phelia

;i< s%n %f the king# nephe& %f 2laudius

;ii< Ha)let(s uncle# &h% )urdered Ha)let(s fatherand )arried Ha)let(s )%ther

;iii< Ha)let(s friend

;iv< P%l%nius(s daughter

;v< P%l%nius(s s%n

;vi< Ha)let(s )%ther

2 !se these &%rds t% c%)plete the sentences+

against e,ecuted friends pe%ple perf%r) re'elThe Earl %f Esse, and the Earl %f S%utha)pt%n &erecl%se ;a< Esse, &as sent t% st%p the Irishre'elli%n ;'< the English in -.00+ In -56- Esse,decided t% ;c< against the Cueen+ 3ef%re her%de t% her palace# he &atched Shakespeare(sc%)pan ;d< Richard II+ ;e< in thec%untr did n%t supp%rt %r f%ll%& Esse,+ He &as ;f'est 'ed( t%

his &ife in his &illK

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$h is Shakespeare still s% p%pular nearl 466 ears after

his deathK $hich %f these reas%ns d%es the &riter give inthis chapterK;a< 3ecause his plas are funn+;'< 3ecause his vie&s %n p%litics and religi%n are the

sa)e as %urs+;c< 3ecause his &riting helps pe%ple t% understand life

'etter+;d< 3ecause he &as an act%r and &r%te plas that )ake

g%%d theatre+;e< 3ecause he underst%%d that %rdinar pe%ple suer in

the sa)e &a as kings and Cueens+;f < 3ecause he set his plas a)%ng %rdinar pe%ple in

s)all t%&ns+

1 L%%k at the ph%t%graphs %n pages -1# 11# 1.# 70# 47and .-+ 2h%%se %ne %r )%re ad=ectives t% descri'ethe e)%ti%ns that these characters are e,periencing+!se %ur kn%&ledge %f the plas as &ell as thee,pressi%ns %f the act%rs+ Find an &%rds %u need in%ur dicti%nar+

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Level 4 - Shakespeare - His Life and Plays - Penguin Readers[1]