![Page 1: The Man That Would Be Shakespeare Born April 23 rd, 1564 Started out performing with The Lord Chamberlains Men Gave him a chance to write a play Henry](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062619/5519aaec550346c9608b48a0/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
![Page 2: The Man That Would Be Shakespeare Born April 23 rd, 1564 Started out performing with The Lord Chamberlains Men Gave him a chance to write a play Henry](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062619/5519aaec550346c9608b48a0/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
The Man That Would Be Shakespeare
• Born April 23rd, 1564• Started out performing
with “The Lord Chamberlain’s Men”
• Gave him a chance to write a play
• Henry IV, Pt. 1- It stunk but they gave him another shot
![Page 3: The Man That Would Be Shakespeare Born April 23 rd, 1564 Started out performing with The Lord Chamberlains Men Gave him a chance to write a play Henry](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062619/5519aaec550346c9608b48a0/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
• Many playwrights with nowhere to “play”
• Barn turned into theatre (Yeah!)
• Puritans burn it down (Evil theatre! Boo!)
• Globe built! (Yeah!)• Globe burns (sniff, darn
cannon!)• Globe rebuilt! (Yeah!)• Globe burns (Dang that
Fire of London!)
Reconstructed in the 1990’s
![Page 4: The Man That Would Be Shakespeare Born April 23 rd, 1564 Started out performing with The Lord Chamberlains Men Gave him a chance to write a play Henry](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062619/5519aaec550346c9608b48a0/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
o Aristocrats
o The Queen/King
o The Groundlings!
![Page 5: The Man That Would Be Shakespeare Born April 23 rd, 1564 Started out performing with The Lord Chamberlains Men Gave him a chance to write a play Henry](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062619/5519aaec550346c9608b48a0/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
When in a play...• Only men were permitted
to perform• Boys or effeminate men
were used to play the women
• Costumes were often the company’s most valuable asset
• Costumes were made by the company, bought in London, or donated by courtiers
![Page 6: The Man That Would Be Shakespeare Born April 23 rd, 1564 Started out performing with The Lord Chamberlains Men Gave him a chance to write a play Henry](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062619/5519aaec550346c9608b48a0/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
The Cost of a Show• 1 shilling to stand• 2 shillings to sit in the
balcony• 1 shilling was 10% of
their weekly income• Broadway Today:
–$85 Orchestra–$60 Balcony–10% of a teacher’s
weekly salary
![Page 7: The Man That Would Be Shakespeare Born April 23 rd, 1564 Started out performing with The Lord Chamberlains Men Gave him a chance to write a play Henry](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062619/5519aaec550346c9608b48a0/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
• Set in Scotland• Written for King James I
(formerly of Scotland, now England)
• Queen of Denmark (James’s sister) was visiting
• Shakespeare researched The Chronicles - Banquo is an ancestor of King James I
![Page 8: The Man That Would Be Shakespeare Born April 23 rd, 1564 Started out performing with The Lord Chamberlains Men Gave him a chance to write a play Henry](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062619/5519aaec550346c9608b48a0/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
• King Duncan of Scotland–Murdered by cousin Macbeth–Honest and good
• Malcolm & Donalbain–Sons of the King–Malcolm is the eldest son
• Macbeth–Duncan’s most courageous general–Ambition to become king corrupts him
causing him to murder Duncan
![Page 9: The Man That Would Be Shakespeare Born April 23 rd, 1564 Started out performing with The Lord Chamberlains Men Gave him a chance to write a play Henry](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062619/5519aaec550346c9608b48a0/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
• Banquo–General and Macbeth’s best friend–Suspects Macbeth in Duncan’s murder –An actual ancestor of King James I
• Lady Macbeth–As ambitious as her husband–A dark force behind his evil deeds
• Macduff– Scottish general, suspects Macbeth of
murdering the king– Macbeth has his family murdered– Swears vengeance
![Page 10: The Man That Would Be Shakespeare Born April 23 rd, 1564 Started out performing with The Lord Chamberlains Men Gave him a chance to write a play Henry](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062619/5519aaec550346c9608b48a0/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
![Page 11: The Man That Would Be Shakespeare Born April 23 rd, 1564 Started out performing with The Lord Chamberlains Men Gave him a chance to write a play Henry](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062619/5519aaec550346c9608b48a0/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
The Scottish Play• It is believed to be bad luck to
even squeak the word ‘Macbeth’ in a theatre
• Legend has it you will lose all your friends involved in the production--horribly
• MORE ON THAT LATER...
![Page 12: The Man That Would Be Shakespeare Born April 23 rd, 1564 Started out performing with The Lord Chamberlains Men Gave him a chance to write a play Henry](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062619/5519aaec550346c9608b48a0/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
![Page 13: The Man That Would Be Shakespeare Born April 23 rd, 1564 Started out performing with The Lord Chamberlains Men Gave him a chance to write a play Henry](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062619/5519aaec550346c9608b48a0/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
• Def. “Man of high standard who falls from that high because of a flaw that has affected many” - Aristotle
• Macbeth is one of the most famous examples of the tragic hero.
However, how could John Proctor also be one?
![Page 14: The Man That Would Be Shakespeare Born April 23 rd, 1564 Started out performing with The Lord Chamberlains Men Gave him a chance to write a play Henry](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062619/5519aaec550346c9608b48a0/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
So what really happens?• Good guy goes bad
• Guy wants power• Married to a pushy control freak• She wants power• Kills people- LOTS of people• Gets power• Gets paranoid (a.k.a. goes crazy)• Ticks off a lot of people• Want more power! Kill! Kill!• Gets what’s coming to him in the end
![Page 15: The Man That Would Be Shakespeare Born April 23 rd, 1564 Started out performing with The Lord Chamberlains Men Gave him a chance to write a play Henry](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062619/5519aaec550346c9608b48a0/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
“Life’s but a walking shadow; a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And is heard of no more: it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.”
- Act V; s.5