1. Where about in London were the Theatres located? Why?

In the "Liberties ", outside the City walls and on the south bank of the river, called Southwark. Because the City Council(guilds) together with the Puritans did not approve of the playhouses.

2. Name the most important theatres during Elizabethan times.

Fortune, Globe, Hope, Red Bull, Rose, Swan, Theatre & the
Whitefriars Theatre

3. Which was the first playhouse in London? Who built it?

The Theatre was the first public playhouse of London, located in the parish of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch. It was designed and built by James Burbage.

4. When was it built? When was it closed?

The Theatre was a roofless, circular building with three galleries surrounding a yard. It opened in 1576, and several companies performed there, including Leicester's Men, the Admiral's Men and Chamberlain's Men, who were associated with William Shakespeare. After the death of James Burbage in February 1597, the theatre's lease ended. In 1598 the building was dismantled, and Burbage's sons, Cuthbert and Richard, used its timbers to construct the first Globe Theatre.

5. Describe the particular shape of the theatres. Where did they take this shape from?

The theatres were circular, open-air buildings, surrounded an open yard (like the Inn-Yards) with the stage at one end, jutting out into the audience to about half the depth of the theatre; the width was considerably more. Round three sides of the yard were three tiers of galleries where the wealthier or superior members of the audience sat; the rest of the audience stood in the open yard around the stage and (for obvious reasons) they were known as 'the Groundlings'. The original Theatre was designed in a mix of traditions. Its circular shape, though, reflected not the Roman D but the gatherings of crowds in town marketplaces, where all the players of 1576 got their training. Building a scaffold with three levels of galleries surrounding a circular yard copied the arrangement for audiences of existing bearbaiting and bull baiting houses.

6. Who controlled the performances on behalf of the government?

The person who controlled the performances of plays on behalf of the government was the Master of Revels. In the 1590s this was a man called Edmund Tilney.

7. Why could the theatres be closed down?

Playhouses could be closed for many reasons, among them outbreaks of the plague, sedition and immorality, which would certainly have included women appearing on stage.

8. Who played the parts of women on stage? Why?

Young men, as it was thought immoral for women to act in plays, even to attend the playhouses.

9. Did women attend the theatre?

Yes, women did attend the theatre although this was not formally approved of. Even legend says Queen Elizabeth attended the Globe secretly some times.

10. How much did it cost to stand in the yard? And to sit in a gallery? And to have a cushion? And to sit in the lords’ room?

It cost one penny to stand in the yard of the playhouse and a further penny for a seat in one of the covered galleries. A cushion to make watching the play more comfortable cost a further penny and a seat in the Lords' room cost approximately sixpence.

William Shakespeare

Jordi Graells

Bio...

Curiosidad, satisfacción y energía son las etiquetas que definen mi perfil curricular. Curiosidad por conocer de dónde venimos, satisfacción por asistir hoy a los cambios que acontecen y, sobretodo, mucha energía para vivir el futuro que vamos a buscar. Me interesa la paleontología, el derecho, los idiomas, las culturas, el baile, los deportes, viajar y un sinfín de otras cosas. Quizás por eso todavía me pregunto cómo es que no he acabado siendo investigador del CSIC (que no CSID), carpintero, abogado o guía de viajes... Curiositat, satisfacció i energia són les etiquetes que defineixen el meu perfil curricular. Curiositat per conèixer d?on venim, satisfacció per assistir avui als canvis que s?esdevenen i, sobretot, molta energia per viure el futur que anem a cercar. M?interessa la paleontologia, el dret, els idiomes, el ball, els esports, viatjar i un reguitzell de coses, Potser per això encara ara em pregunto per què no he acabat sent investigador del CSIC (i no CSID, eh!), fuster, advocat o guia de viatges...
Mi Presente es diferente...

El caso es que me dedico a la difusión y comunicación en entornos web en la Administración. He publicado varios trabajos y libros sobre temática diversa, pero últimamente centrados en el uso contextualizado de la tecnología (cómo nos soluciona la vida personal, social y laboral). Personalmente creo que para mejorar lo que hacemos, para innovar, debemos saber observar para poder crear, ser tenaces para producir y tener un toque de alocados para seguir un método. Así, estoy convencido que el contraste favorece la creatividad. Interpretar el derecho a la diferencia en clave de valor añadido que nos puede hacer más eficaces y, todavía más, aportar más como personas. En fin, creo en las personas y cómo actúan como grupos, con toda la gama de colores. El cas és que em dedico a la difusió i comunicació en entorns web a l?Administració. He publicat diversos treballs i llibres sobre temàtica diversa, però darrerament centrats en l?ús contextualitzat de la tecnologia (com ens soluciona la vida personal, social i laboral). Personalment crec que per millor el que fem, per innovar, hem de saber observar per poder crear, ser tenaços per produir i tenir un toc d?esbojarrats per seguir un mètode. Així, estic convençut que el contrast afavoreix la creativitat. Interpretar el dret a la diferència en clau de valor afegit que ens pot fer més eficaços i, encara més, aportar més com a persones. En fi, crec en les persones i com actuen com a grups, amb tota la gamma de colors.
Os puedo ofrecer...

Ser la pequeña pieza del rompecabezas en la red de conocimiento en temas que nos interesen. Aportar mi experiencia en lo que sé hacer y buscar el saber y las habilidades que domináis los demás. Ser la petita peça del trencaclosques en la xarxa de coneixement en temes que ens interessen. Aportar la meva experiència en el que sé fer i cercar-hi el saber i les habilitats que domineu els altres.
Me seduce el futuro...

Me lo imagino como un mundo lleno de oportunidades que, porqué conocen y tienen en cuenta las personas y su entorno (cultura, costumbres, personalidad, intereses...), satisfaga sus necesidades. Me l imagino com un món ple d oportunitats que, perquè coneixen i tenen en compte les persones i el seu entorn (cultura, costums, personalitat, interessos...), satisfaci les necessitats.
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William Shakespeare Biography

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lU3PyC8xG8&feature=fvw

Planning of weekend!

The plane

Saturday 4 December 2010 Barcelona 17:00 à London 22:10

Tuesday 7 December 2010 London 07:35 à Barcelona 10:35

Cost : 184,64 €

The hotel:

The Stratford – Qhotels à € 268,34 for two nights with breakfast.

More information in:

http://www.booking.com/hotel/gb/stratfordvictoria.html?aid=303946;label=stratford-upon-avon-epHJCPEEC3kwRvzsEUpZrgS3310052783;sid=87e5649292d1e5e1199c3e04a5983a07

Thngs to do

1rst day à 22.10: you arrive at the airport in London. You can catch a car and in two hours you can stay in the hotel in Stratford-upon-Avon.

2nd day à you can visit the house of Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-Avon (adults = £12.50), the Royal Shakespeare Theatre (where acted the Royal Shakespeare Company). You can visit the church where he was buried. In the evening you can visit the house of his daughter Susannah (Hall's Croft) and other houses.

3^rd day à you can visit the other houses of Shakespeare or you can relax and you can go to London to visit some museums, the Big Ben and shop some things in West End!

4rth day à it’s the day to return. You catch the plane at 7.35.

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1. What was the name of the company Shakespeare belonged to? William Shakespeare's theatre company was The Chamberlain's Men, named after The Lord Chamberlain, an official responsible for royal and public entertainment. 2. How many companies were licensed to perform in London? Only two. 3. Why did Shakespeare's company build the Globe? Shakespeare's company built the Globe because they couldn’t use the special playhouse that their chief actor Richard Burbage's father had built for them in 1596, a roofed theatre inside the city, in Blackfriars. In 1576, James BurbageIn built the first successful amphitheatre, known as The Theatre, in a London suburb. Twenty years later, when the lease on The Theatre's land was about to expire, he built the Blackfriars as its replacement. But the wealthy residents of Blackfriars got the government to block its use for plays, so his capital was locked up uselessly.  4.  What did Shakespeare's company use to build the Globe? The Theatre had closed, ostensibly for good, in 1597, and the owner of the land on which it stood threatened to pull the building down once the lease had expired. The Burbages and their associates anticipated the threat, however, and in late 1598 dismantled The Theatre and carried the materials to Bankside (a district of Southwark stretching for about half a mile west of London Bridge on the south bank of the River Thames). 5. Who built the Globe? Two brothers, Cuthbert and Richard Burbage, who inherited its predecessor, The Theatre, from their father, James. 6. When the Globe was built, there were two other theatres in Southwark already. Which ones? The Swan and The Rose 7. When was it built? It was completed by the autumn of 1599. 8. How and when was it destroyed? In 1613, during a performance of Henry VIII, the thatch of the Globe was set alight by a cannon, set off to mark the King's entrance onstage in a scene at Cardinal Wolsey's palace. The entire theatre was destroyed within the hour. 9. When was it rebuilt? By June 1614 it had been rebuilt, this time with a tiled gallery roof and a circular shape. 10. When was it finally pulled down? Why? It was pulled down in 1644, two years after the Puritans closed all theatres, to make way for tenement dwellings. 11. Explain how acting at the Globe was like. Acting at the Globe was radically different from viewing modern Shakespeare on screen. The plays were staged in the afternoons, using the light of day. Therefore, all references to weather or time of the day had to be given to the audience through the text. The audience surrounded the stage on all sides. No scenery was used, except for occasional emblematic devices like a throne or a bed. It was almost impossible not to see the other half of the audience standing behind the players. Consequently much of the staging was metatheatrical, conceding the illusory nature of the game of playing, and making little pretense to stage realism. 12. Complete this chart :
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1. Surname of William Shakespeare's wife

2. The most cruel and bloody of Will's tragedies

3. Queen of England during most of Will's life

4. Tragedy set in the Roman Empire

5. Name of the book which collected Will's plays

6. Will's only son

7. Will's mother

8. Will's hometown

9. Name of Will's rival poet.

10.Founder of the Theatre

11.One of Will's most famous tragedies, in which a king has three daughters.

12.A famous theatre close to the Globe

13.Will's first daughter

14.Hamlet's unfortunate girlfriend

15.Will's theatre

16.One of Will's famous tragedy . " Out damn spot. Out, I say !"

17.Tragedy and name of the king who said " A horse. My kingdom for a horse !".

18.Tragedy and name of a man who killed his wife Desdemona for jealousy.

0. When was William Shakespeare born? Where?
William Shakespeare was born in April, 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. His birthday is traditionally celebrated in 23^rd of  April .

1. Write the names of William Shakespeare’s parents. Who were they?
Shakespeare's parents were John Shakespeare & Mary Arden .
His father, John Shakespeare, was a whittawer (a maker, worker and seller of leather goods such as purses, belts and gloves) and a dealer in agricultural commodities.
His wife, Mary Arden, of Wilmcote, Warwickshire, came from an ancient family and was the heiress to some land.

2. Write the name of his wife. When did they get married?
Shakespeare’s wife was Anne Hathaway
He married the 26 year old Anne Hathaway on November 28^th 1582.

3. Write the names of his three children. What happened to them?
His three children were Susanna and  the twins Hamnet and Judith.
The boy Hamnet, Shakespeare's only son, died 11 years later in 1596, while Judith died in 1662.

4. What was the name of his hometown?
The name of his hometown was Stratford- upon- Avon.

5. Write the names of the buildings in his hometown related to him.
His birthplace , King Edward VI Grammar School, Mary Arden's house, Nash House, Hall's Croft, Anne Hathaway's cottage and Holy Trinity Church.

6. Where did he study?
He studied in Stratford, a grammar school of good quality and the education there was free, the schoolmaster's salary being paid by the borough. The boy's education would consist mostly of Latin studies (learning to read, write, and speak the language fairly well and studying some of the classical historians, moralists, and poets).

7. Did he go to university?
Shakespeare didn’t go to university.

8. Why did he leave his family and hometown to go to London?
We don't know sure. But, a lot of people think that Shakespeare went to London to try to become an actor.

9. How many plays had he written when he arrived in London?
Shakespeare only began composing plays when he arrived in London sometime between 1588 and 1591. He composed thirteen plays: Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, The Taming of the Shrew, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Othello, The Tempest, Twelfth Night, The Merchant of Venice and Richard III.

10. When can we find the first reference to Shakespeare in the literary world of London?
In 1592, when a fellow dramatist, Robert Greene, wrote about Shakespeare in a pamphlet written on his deathbed.

11. When he was in London , he was an actor and playwritght who belonged to the company called Lord Chamberlain's Men, which had been founded by Lord Chamberlain and whose theatre was called The Globe. They had the best actor Richard Burbage and the best dramatist William Shakespeare.

12. When and where did he die?
He died in 23^rd  of April, 1616 in Stratford-upon- Avon

13. When and where did his wife die?
Anne died in 1623, seven years after Shakespeare.

14. Where is he buried?
Shakespeare was buried in the chancel of the Holy Trinity Church two days after his death. The epitaph carved into the stone slab covering his grave includes a curse against moving his bones, which was carefully avoided during restoration of the church in 2008:
Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear
To dig the dust enclosed here.
Blest be the man that spares these stones,
And curst be he that moves my bones.

15. What did his will state?
Shakespeare's will made on 25^th of March, 1616. In it, Shakespeare left the bulk of his large state to his older daughter Susanna.
As an afterthought, he bequeathed his "second-best bed" to his wife; but no one can be certain what this notorious legacy means.