Shakespeare Scavenger Hunt
 

Directions:       
Answer each question by creating a MSWord document
 that you can either save or print for credit.

 

 

 

 

 

 
History of the Globe

http://www.globe-theatre.org.uk/globe-theatre-owners.htm

1. How many owners of the original Globe Theater were there?

http://www.shakespeares-globe.org/virtualtour/

2. What is located inside the triangle at the very top of the Globe stage?
The Plays and Sonnets
 3. What three categories of plays did Shakespeare write?
4. List the title of one play from each category.
5. Select one of Shakespeare's sonnets that you like.  Here is a list of the most popular: 
   5, 17, 18, 23, 29, 40, 50, 73, 106, 116,117, 129, 130, 131, 132

 Map of England http://www.bardware.com/bardware/facts.html

Find this page, locate the maps link, and copy and paste into your MS Word document the small map.

6. What are the names of the towns in Scotland named on the map?

7. In what country is Dover located?

8. What is the name of the island on the map?

In other links about Shakespeare on this page find and answer the following:

9. How many plays were in the first folio?

10. Who collaborated with Shakespeare in Two Noble Kinsmen?

11. What year was he born?

12. What year was he christened?

13. Who did he marry?

14. What year did he marry?

15. Who was his first child?

16. When was she christened?

17. Who were the twins?

18. When were they christened?

19. When was "Venus and Adonis" published?

20. When was "Lucrece" published?

21. When did the Globe Theatre open?

22. When did the Globe Theatre burn down?

23. When did Shakespeare die?

24. When was the first folio published?

http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/timeline/timeline.htm

25. In his will, how much money did Shaespeare leave for the poor?

26.Describe the time period known as the "lost years".

27. Why did the Chamberlain's Men change their name to the King's Men?