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Мы оказываемся в небольшой комнатке, заставленной разной мебелью так, что можно лишь с трудом протиснуться к письменному столу у окна, за которым сейчас сидит мужчина средних лет. Перед ним на столе горит свеча, а сам он что-то быстро пишет пером на бумаге, то и дело зачеркивая получившиеся строки и хмурясь. Если мы подойдем поближе, то увидим, что на нем одежда, характерная для времени правления королевы Елизаветы, времени, которое носит название Золотой Век.

Но вот человек за столом заметил наше присутствие и повернулся к нам.

Shakespeare: Hello, boys and girls. Do you know me? Yes, you are right, I’m William Shakespeare. …

Головоломки:

Hamlet

that or not to be: is the question be To

soul of Brevity is the wit

King Richard III

3. My horse! kingom A horse! for a horse

King Henry IV, Part II

4. A once can man die but

King Henry VI, Part I

5. dangerous delays ends have

Timon of Athens

6. better days we have seen

King Lear

7.nothing of nothing will come

8. my tongue. richer than is my love

King Henry V

9. few men of best men words are the

Сопоставить высказывания:

The beginning of the end Весь мир-театр.И всё мы в нем актёры.

All is well that ends well Прекрасное-прекрасной

Life is not all cakes and ale Любовь-слепа

Brevity is the soul of wit Много шума из ничего

Much ado about nothing Краткость-сестра таланта

Sweets to the sweets Начало конца

To win golden opinions Коня, коня! Полцарства за коня!

A horse, a horse! My kingdom for a house! Из жалости я должен быть жесток

There the rub Всё хорошо, что хорошо кончается

All the world’s a stage Жизнь прожить – не поле перейти

and all the men and women merely players

Love’s blind Заслужить благоприятное мнение

I must be cruel, only to be kind Вот в чём загвоздка

Вопросы:

A Shakespeare Biography Questionnaire

1. In what year was Shakespeare born?

1564

1616

1558

1592

2. What town or city was Shakespeare born in?

London

Stratford-upon-Avon

Snitterfield

Oxford

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

Sussex

Norfolk

Durham

Warwickshire

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

Abraham and Sara

William and Anne

John and Mary

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

From 1569 to 1579

He did not attend school.

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

6. WhodidShakespearemarry?

JudithSadler

SusannaHall

AnneHathaway

MaryQueenofScots

7. How old was Shakespeare when he got married?

17

18

19

20

8. Shakespeare was the father of how many children?

3

2

10

1

9. Shakespeare left his home town of Stratford because:

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

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

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

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?

Tuberculosis

ThePlagueofFrogs

BubonicPlague

Thepox

11. In what year was the Globe Theater built?

1594

1599

1608

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"?

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

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

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

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?

George III

James I

Edward III

Henry VIII

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

ThomasMiddleton

FrancisBeaumont.

ChristopherMarlowe.

JohnFletcher.

BenJonson

15. In what year did Shakespeare die?

1599

1616

1623

1642

16. How much did Shakespeare write?

1 play, 38 sonnets and 154 epic narrative poems

54 plays, 5 sonnets, and 38 epic narrative plays

4 plays, 38 sonnets, and 5 epic narrative poem

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?

1599

1616

1623

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?

Yes.

No.