All About William Shakespeare
All About William Shakespeare
A few questions on the life and legacy of the greatest writer ever to put pen to paper.
A few questions on the life and legacy of the greatest writer ever to put pen to paper.
What feature does the Globe Theatre have making it the first building in London to have this feature since the Great Fire of London?
Which Tom Stoppard play follows two of Shakespeare’s minor characters and uses a line from their play for its title?
What 1950s musical modernises the story of one of Shakespeare’s plays and uses a line from it as its title?
How many years after Shakespeare’s death was the First Folio published?
Outside the Delacorte Theatre in New York’s Central Park are two bronze statues with figures of Shakespearian characters, Romeo and Juliet form one statue, which two characters form the other?
What was the name of the theatre company that Shakespeare performed and wrote for?
Which play is the longest, most performed and most quoted?
How many siblings did Shakespeare have?
Which novel title by Aldous Huxley is a quote from The Tempest?
Where is Shakespeare buried?
What profession did Shakespeare’s father belong to?
How many children did William and Anne Hathaway have?
What monarch was Macbeth written for?
Shakespeare’s plays are usually divided into three categories but sometimes a fourth one is added. What is that category?
Which novel’s title by John Green is borrowed from Julius Caesar?
What item of furniture did William leave Anne in his will?
What was the name of Shakespeare’s last home in Stratford?
Where is Anne Hathaway’s cottage?
The Globe, The Hope and The Swan were all London theatres used in Shakespeare’s time, which bank of the river Thames are they situated on?
What year did the reconstructed Globe Theatre open in London?