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William Shakespeare. All the World’s a Stage -As You Like It. Learning Goals. Understand differences and similarities between Greek and Elizabethan drama Gain a fuller understanding of Shakespeare’s works and accomplishments
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William Shakespeare All the World’s a Stage -As You Like It
Learning Goals • Understand differences and similarities between Greek and Elizabethan drama • Gain a fuller understanding of Shakespeare’s works and accomplishments • Understand the historical information that explains what we know about Shakespeare • Understand the difference between a soliloquy, a sonnet, aside, repetition, and alliteration. • Find power in the pause.
Vocabulary • Sonnet– A fourteen line poem written with certain beats and syllables that deal with various topics and ideas such as love and death. (Shakespeare wrote 154 of them). • Alliterations - • Soliloquy– When an actor talks out their thoughts. Only the actor speaking can hear his/her own thoughts, even if other people are standing next to the actor. • Aside- A remark by a character in a play intended to be heard by the audience but not by the other characters. (Shakespeare used this technique constantly). • Repetition -
Not Sure What He Looks Like • No information about his childhood • No information about his person, other than his marriage license, grave stone epithet, court documents, business contracts, and property deeds. • We only have three paintings of Shakespeare, and we aren’t sure if any of them are really him. • Born in Stratford, England in 1564 and died in 1616.
Multitasking Master • Wrote 37 plays • 154 sonnets • Several businesses • Husband and father of three children.
Did I Mention He Was Also an Actor? • Did not take up large parts • Played the ghost in Hamlet • Acted in other playwright’s plays • Performed for both Queen Elizabeth and James I (King James Bible)
The Plays • 38 plays firmly attributed to Shakespeare • 14 comedies • 10 histories • 10 tragedies • 4 romances • Possibly wrote three others • Collaborated on several others
Shakespeare never actually published any of his plays. They are known today only because two of his fellow actors – John Hemminges and Henry Condell – recorded and published 36 of them posthumously under the name ‘The First Folio’, which is the source of all Shakespeare books published.
The Globe Theater, but how much do we know about this theater? Try—almost nothing!
In 1596 a Dutch traveller and student called Johannes de Witt attended a play at the Swan Theatre in London.. His diary note, together with the picture, is probably the single most important source of information regarding the internal layout of London theatres. The exact dimensions of the amphitheatres have been lost in time, however, the picture of the Swan allows for an approximation. The Diary note of Johannes de WittFrom diary of Johannes de Witt: "There are four amphitheatres in London so beautiful that they are worth a visit, which are given different names from their different signs. In these theatres, a different play is offered to the public every day. The two more excellent of these are situated on the other side of the Thames, towards the South, and they are called the Rose and the Swan from their signboards.. As its form seems to bear the appearance of a Roman work, I have made a drawing of it" Thank you, Johannes de Witt
Theatrical Conventions of Shakespeare's Theatre A theatrical convention is a suspension of reality. • No electricity • Women forbidden to act on stage • Minimal, contemporary costumes • Minimal scenery These control the dialogue.
Theatrical Conventions of Shakespeare's Theatre • Soliloquy • Aside Types of speech Audience loves to be scared. • Blood • Use of supernatural
Theatrical Conventions of Shakespeare's Theatre • Use of disguises/ mistaken identity • Last speaker—highest in rank (in tragedies) • Multiple murders (in tragedies) • Multiple marriages (in comedies)
Final Note! While we may know very little about Shakespeare, we have a wealth of knowledge of his greatest gift to humanity—his writings! How will Shakespeare touch your life?
What’s at stake for your character?! • What do you want? Why do you want it? • How are you going to get it? • What is in your way?
Extra Credit Options • Visual Presentation of a tragedy or comedy • The Shakespeare Society’s Essay Contest
Shakespeare Visual Presentation You will give a presentation using pictures and text written on pictures only. Pick one of Shakespeare’s famous tragedies or comedies. Use the internet to find pictures that will aide your presentation. Your presentation will go in the following order and include the enclosed information: • Things to keep in mind: • You must research and write down all of your information before recording.
The Shakespeare Society’s Essay Contest • The Shakespeare Society has created a contest for students to emphasize relevancy of Shakespeare to today’s teens. They want you to ensure you meet the following requirements • Address this topic: How is Julius Caesar relevant to today’s teens? • Minimum of 500 words • Be sure to relate the topic to yourself • Refer to the play, specific Acts, Scenes, Lines • Use specific examples (evidence) to support your opinion (claim)
