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- Shakespeare's Life
- Why is Shakespeare still so famous?
- Where did Shakespeare live for most of his life?
- When did Shakespeare retire?
- What was Shakespeare's father's occupation?
- Apart from writing, how did Shakespeare make his money?
- Did Shakespeare get rich from his writing?
- How many brothers and sisters did Shakespeare have and what were their names?
- What were Shakespeare's parents' names?
- Did Shakespeare attend university?
- How many patrons did Shakespeare have and what were their names?
- Why is Shakespeare's nickname the Bard?
- What does the curse on Shakespeare's grave say?
- Did Shakespeare visit Italy?
- What was Shakespeare's relationship with Queen Elizabeth like?
- What religion was William Shakespeare?
- What did Shakespeare's coat of arms look like?
- Was Shakespeare gay?
- Why do we know so little about Shakespeare, despite him being famous and successful in his own time?
- Why are Shakespeare's signatures all spelt differently?
- Are there any artefacts that belonged to Shakespeare and his family?
- What caused the death of Shakespeare's son, Hamnet?
- How prosperous was Shakespeare's family?
- Did Shakespeare take his family to London?
- Is it true that Shakespeare poached deer in Charlecote Park?
- Was Shakespeare right or left handed?
- Did Shakespeare have a middle name?
- What did Shakespeare do between leaving Stratford and working in London?
- Where were Shakespeare and Ann Hathaway married?
- How many children did Shakespeare have, and what were their names?
- Why did Shakespeare leave his wife his 'second best bed'?
- Are there any descendents of Shakespeare alive today?
- Was Shakespeare famous in his own lifetime?
- When did Shakespeare die, and where was he buried?
- When was Shakespeare born?
- What does the term 'the lost years' mean in relation to Shakespeare's life?
- How much property did Shakespeare own?
- How were students disciplined in Shakespeare's day?
- Who ruled the country when Shakespeare was alive?
- Did Shakespeare use drugs?
- What three professions is Shakespeare famous for?
- At what age did Shakespeare and his wife get married?
- The Works
- Into what categories are Shakespeare's plays divided?
- How many sonnets and poems did Shakespeare write?
- Which character appears in the most Shakespeare plays?
- According to Shakespeare what are the 'seven ages of man', and in what play are they mentioned?
- Can you give me some examples of everyday phrases coined by Shakespeare?
- Can you give me some examples of words coined by Shakespeare?
- Can you name some flowers mentioned in Shakespeare's plays?
- Can you provide me with a chronology of Shakespeare's works?
- How many plays did Shakespeare write?
- What is the difference between a quarto and a folio?
- What is the most popular of Shakespeare's plays?
- What was Shakespeare's first published work?
- Where did Shakespeare find the source material for the stories told in his plays?
- Which is the longest female role?
- Which is the longest male role?
- Which is the longest/shortest play?
- Are there any of Shakespeare's manuscripts surviving? If not, why?
- How many copies of the First Folio still exist?
- How many words are in all of Shakespeare's works?
- How many words were in Shakespeare's vocabulary?
- How many languages has Shakespeare been translated into?
- Did Shakespeare Really Write His Own Plays?
- What comedies did Shakespeare write?
- How many ghosts appear in Shakespeare's plays?
- Who was Shakespeare's 'dark lady' mentioned in connection with the sonnets?
- Who was the first black actor to play in a Shakespeare play?
- Theatre
- How did they create sound effects at the Globe theatre in Shakespeare's day?
- When was the Globe theatre built, and when did it burn down?
- Were the people who watched Shakespeare's plays from the upper or lower classes?
- What was the first Shakespeare play to be made into a film?
- Who were the leading actors in Shakespeare's day?
- When did women first play Shakespearean roles?
- Why did men play women's roles in Shakespeare's theatre?
- What parts did Shakespeare play in his own plays?
- In which London theatres were Shakespeare's plays originally performed?
- How much did it cost to go to the theatre in Shakespeare's day?
- What sort of scenery would they have used in Shakespeare's theatre?
- Why did the title of Shakespeare's theatre company change in 1603?
- What theatre comapnies did Shakespeare join?
- What were the 'boy companies'?
- The RSC
- When did the RSC produce Peter Pan?
- What is the history of the RSC's production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses?
- Which of Shakespeare's plays have been produced the most times by the RSC?
- Have all of Shakespeare's History plays ever been performed in sequence?
- What is the history of all-day performances by the RSC?
- When did the RSC receive the Queen's Award for Export?
- What is the Royal Shakespeare Company Summer School?
- What were the World Theatre Seasons?
- Shakespeare's Birthday Performance has been mentioned in RSC brochures. What is the history of this?
- When did the Royal Shakespeare Company have a resdidency in Plymouth?
- How long has the Royal Shakespeare Company had a regular season at Newcastle-upon-Tyne?
- When did the theatre in Stratford receive its first Royal Charter?
- What are the aims of the Royal Shakespeare Company?
- Which theatres in London have staged RSC production seasons, and when?
- What other artists' work can be seen in the architecture of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre buildings?
- How and when did the Benson windows in the RSC Gallery get this name?
- What was the first play to be staged by the RSC at The Other Place in 1974?
- What was the first play to be stage at the Swan Theatre in 1986?
- What was the first play staged at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre (new Memorial Theatre) in 1932?
- What play was the first to be staged at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in 1879?
- How did Elisabeth Scott become the architect of the second Shakespeare Memorial Theatre?
- Where were the Shakespeare festival plays performed while the new Memorial Theatre was being built?
- Why did the first Memorial Theatre need to be replaced in 1926?
- What was the seating capacity of The Other Place?
- What was the seating capacity of the first Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in 1879?
- What architectural awards, if any, are known to have been given to the RSC's theatre buildings?
- Who designed the second Other Place?
- Why is the RSC's second theatre named the Swan?
- Who designed the Swan Theatre?
- Who are the other architects associated with the building?
- Who designed the first Shakespeare Memorial Theatre?
- What is The Other Place, and when did it open?
- When did the Swan Theatre open in Stratford?
- When did the Royal Shakespeare Theatre building open?
- When did Stratford first have a theatre dedicated to Shakespeare performance?
- Who directed the theatre company in Stratford before the RSC?
- What are the names of the artistic directors of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1960?
- When did the Barbican open?
- How many times has the RSC toured Australia?
- When was the RSC founded and the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre renamed the Royal Shakespeare Theatre?
- When did the first Shakespeare Memorial Theatre burn down?
- When did the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre first open in Stratford and what was the first play?
- Elizabethan England
- Where can I find some Elizabethan recipes?
- What are the four humors?
- What were toilet facilities like in Shakespeare's day?
- How long did it take to travel from Stratford to London?
- What type of wood was used in the construction of timber framed houses at this time?
- Did the Sovereign own all the land in England?
- How tall were people in Shakespeare's time?
- What was the main religion in the country in Elizabethan England?
- Did all children go to school in Shakespeare's day?
- Is it true that people would only wash once a year in Elizabethan times?
- What did people drink in Shakespeare's day?
- What sort of food did people eat in Shakespeare's day?
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- When did you die and what from?
- Were you successful in your own lifetime?
- Where did you live for most of your life?
- Did you have any children?
- Did you get married?
- Did you have any brothers and sisters?
- Who were your parents?
- Where did you go to school?
- When and where were you born?
- Shakespeare's Life
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