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Which Shakespeare character has the most words?
Hamlet, with 1569 lines, has the most lines of any character in a single play.
Which Shakespeare plays are appropriate for kids?
Among the 10 are the obvious favourites such as Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer’s Night Dream, but also Julius Caesar, Twelfth Night, Othello and King Lear.
Who got Shakespeare’s best bed?
He left £300 to his younger daughter, Judith. He gave his wife, Anne Hathaway, his second-best bed. Beds and other pieces of household furniture were often the sole bequest to a wife. It was common practice for the best things to go to the children and the second best to the wife.
What Shakespeare play is appropriate for middle school?
We have found that the Prologue to Romeo and Juliet is excellent for this. Students work on phrases or lines in groups of four five, and have 10 minutes to create an energetic performance for their section; then we flow from one section to the next and see how each group brought something different to the speech.
What are the characteristics of Shakespeare’s plays?
The main features of a Shakespearean Tragedy are that:
- Characters become isolated or there is social breakdown.
- Ends in death.
- There is a sense that events are inevitable or inescapable.
- There is usually a central figure who is noble but with a character flaw which leads them towards their eventual downfall.
Which of these Shakespeare plays would be considered a history?
In the First Folio, the plays of William Shakespeare were grouped into three categories: comedies, histories, and tragedies….Decline.
| Reign | Henry VIII |
|---|---|
| Play | All is True or The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight |
| Playwright(s) | Shakespeare and (?) John Fletcher |
| Date(s) | written c. 1613; published 1623 |