Уильям Шекспир и его театр

During the reign of Elizabeth there was a blossoming of theatre

• Who exactly was W. Shakespeare?
• What did W. Shakespeare write?
• What were his plays about?
• Where were his plays performed?
• Who went to see W. Shakespeare’s plays?

William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright during Elizabethan times

He was born in Stratford-on-Avon in 1564 in England

There were three children in the family

Shakespeare wrote thirty-six plays,

all of which are still studied and performed all over the world!

There are three kinds of plays: tragedies ( Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth)

• Romeo and Juliet
• Shakespeare wrote thirty-six plays, a ll of which are still studied, performed and even into films all over the world!

There are three kinds of plays: t ragedies ( Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth)

Life was hard during Elizabethan times and Shakespeare’s tragedies reflect this.

Life was hard during Elizabethan times and Shakespeare’s tragedies reflect this.

• Romeo and Juliet
• Shakespeare wrote thirty-six plays, a ll of which are still studied, performed and even into films all over the world!

Othello

Comedies: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, The Twelfth Night,

The Tempest, The Comedy of Errors

And histories : (Henry V)

The first Globe.

The original theatre burnt down in 1613

Sam Wanamaker founded the Shakespeare Globe

Millennium Bridge connects St. Paul’s Cathedral and the Globe Theatre

A modern replica of the theatre opened in 1997

A modern building

It can hold about 3000 people.

As there is (was) no roof, there are (were) great special effects such as fireworks, smoke and actors ‘flying’

Nowadays people also watch plays standing up in front of the stage