莎士比亚与麦克白 英文

Ye Olde History of England
Edward III- started the Hundred Years War Richard II- Peasants‟ Revolt of 1381 due to high taxes Henry IV- usurped throne from Richard II- Welsh revolted „cuz they „d Richie Henry VI- ended Hundred Years War but started the War of the Roses, deposed and briefly reinstated* Edward IV- r.1461-1470*/1471 until his death in 1483secretly married Elizabeth Woodville Edward V- (and brother Richard of York) poor boys Richard III- usurper, defeated at Bosworth by … Henry VII- crushed Yorkist uprisings, brought order Henry VIII- responsible for the English Reformation and the start of some serious religious bickering Edward VI, Jane Grey- poor kids Mary I (Bloody Mary), Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen
Anne Hathaway’s Cottage
(Mrs. William Shakespeare, not the actress)
Where’s Walห้องสมุดไป่ตู้o … er… William?
• 1585 … William Shakespeare disproves the theory that the earth is round because he falls right off the face of it. … aliens …? • 1592: He‟s baaaaaack! And now, William is an actor and a playwright. He also has a great deal of knowledge that he uses in his plays. • Maybe he went to London to get educated. • He became a wealthy and well-known actor and playwright. • Shakespeare retired in 1612, having written 37 plays and 154 sonnets.
William Shakespeare
The Macbeth Edition “He was not of an age, but for all time.”
---- Ben Jonson
The Bard*: A Brief Biography
• William Shakespeare* seems to have been born April 23, 1564 • He died April 23, 1616 • What happened in between those dates? • The quote guarding Shakespeare‟s tomb:
– “Good friend for Jesvs sake forebeare, To digge the dvst enclosed here. Bleste be the man that spares these stones, And cvrst be he that moves my bones.”
Who Cares?
• Judging by the flowers, a lot of people do!
2007, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire.
April
The Dash Years
• Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon to John and Mary (Arden) Shakespeare. • John was an important man in town; he held the rank of what we would now call the mayor and he was a successful merchant. • William had seven siblings. • In 1582, 18-year-old William married 26-yearold Anne Hathaway. Five months later, their daughter Susanna was born. • Twins Hamnet and Judith followed in 1585.
Shakespeare, Man of Mystery
• We do not have much information about the Elizabethan theater … no blogs, no websites, no digital photographs … it is only through occasional sketches and tidbits of information that we piece together what the theater was like. • For example, a Swiss traveler wrote in 1599 about having seen Julius Caesar at the Globe theater during his trip to England, so we have a way to establish a date for it