William Shakespeare

What do oranges have to do with Shakespeare?

“I saw all his plays in the theatre. People loved them. They shouted, laughed and cried, ate oranges, and called for more.”

(p.1)

Nell Gwyn

Oranges were sold to the audience at the Globe. When people didn't like the play, they threw the oranges to the actors. Nell Gwyn, the famous Restoration Shakespearean actress, was formerly an orange seller.

Twelfth Night ● It's celebrated on the 5th of January.● It's the eve of the Epiphany. ● People used to have parties.● It was traditional to play practical jokes on your

friends and neighbours.● It was a traditional day for plays or "mumming" (1)

(pantomime).

(1) mummery: ridiculous or extravagant ceremonial procedures.

Twelfth Night, or What You Will

● It was first performed for the Queen Elizabeth the First on 6th of January.

● It is thought that Shakespeare's play took its name from the fact that it was first performed as part of Twelfth Night celebrations about 1601.

● Viola arrives in Illyria after a shipwreck. She loses her twin brother, Sebastian, and she has to disguise as a man (Cesario) to return home. She falls in love with Orsino, but he thinks she is a man. And Lady Olivia, who Orsino loves, falls in love with Cesario (Viola)...

A Modern Film Adaptation

The Globe Theatre● It was first built in 1599.

● It seated up to 3,000 spectators.

● On 29th June 1613, it went up in flames, but it was rebuilt in the following year.

● It was closed down by the Puritans in 1642 and it was pulled down in 1644.

The Globe Today● The new Globe Theatre

was built and reopened in 1997.

● It seats up 1,000 spectators.

● The same materials were used when building the newest Globe to recreate the original atmosphere.

Geoffrey Chaucer (p.5)● He was born in London

in 1343 and died in 1400.

● He is considered the Father of English Literature.

● He was a writer, official and bureaucrat.

● He wrote The Canterbury Tales.

Francis Drake (p.5)● He was born in

England in 1540 and died in 1596.

● He was a navigator and Queen Elizabeth's vice admiral.

● He sailed to the New World battling the Spanish, and he became the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe.

Anne Shakespeare

Judith and Susanna Shakespeare

Susanna and Hamnet Shakespeare

Richard Burbage