8-1Compendium

= **SHAKESPEARE’S ENGLAND** = === 1. WHO IS QUEEN ELIZABETH I? WHAT IS HER LEGACY? WHAT WAS LIFE LIKE IN QUEEN ELIZABETH'S COURT? WHAT CONNECTION DID SHAKESPEARE HAVE TO QUEEN ELIZABETH? === === 2. WHO IS KING JAMES I? HOW DID HE COME TO BE KING AFTER ELIZABETH? WHAT IS HIS LEGACY? WHAT WAS LIFE LIKE IN JAMES’S COURT? WHAT CONNECTION DID SHAKESPEARE HAVE TO KING JAMES? === === 3. WHO WAS SIR WALTER RALEIGH? WHAT WAS HIS CONNECTION TO ELIZAETH I? WHAT IS HIS CONNECTION TO THE LEGEND OF EL DORADO? WHAT IS HIS LEGACY? === === 4. WHAT WERE THE MILITARY, WEAPONS AND ARMOR, AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS LIKE IN SHAKESPEARE’S ENGLAND? WHAT WARS OR CONFLICTS WAS ENGLAND INVOLVED IN DURING SHAKESPEARE'S LIFE? ===

 5. WHAT WAS THE DEFEAT OF THE SPANISH ARMADA? WHY IS THIS EVENT SIGNIFICANT?
=== 6. WHAT IS “THE ELIZABETHAN WORLD PICTURE” AND “THE GREAT CHAIN OF BEING”? WHAT WERE COMMON SUPERSTITIONS, FOLKLORE, “OLD WIVES' TALES,” AND BELIEFS IN ASTROLOGY IN SHAKESPEARE’S ENGLAND? === === 7. WHAT WERE COMMONLY HELD BELIEFS ABOUT GHOSTS, WITCHES AND WITCHCRAFT, OTHER SUPERNATURAL PHENOMENA, FAIRIES, AND OTHER MYTHICAL CREATURES IN SHAKESPEARE’S ENGLAND? WHAT WERE JAMES I’S BELIEFS ABOUT SUCH THINGS? HOW ARE THESE BELIEFS REFLECTED IN SHAKESPEARE’S WORKS? === === 8. WHAT SCIENTIFIC ADVANCEMENTS, EXPLORATIONS, DISCOVERIES, AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS WERE MADE DURING SHAKESPEARE'S LIFETIME? WHO WAS SIR FRANCES DRAKE? WHAT IS HIS LEGACY? WHO WERE FAMOUS ASTRONOMERS, INVENTORS, NAVIGATORS, EXPLORERS, AND SO ON WORKING DURING THE TIME? WHAT ARE THEIR LEGACIES? === === 9. WHAT WAS LONDON LIKE IN SHAKESPEARE’S ENGLAND? WHAT WAS SOUTHWARK OR THE SOUTH BANK LIKE IN SHAKESPEARE’S ENGLAND? WHAT WAS ITS REPUTATION? WHAT WAS LONDON BRIDGE? WHAT ROLE DID IT PLAY IN SHAKESPEARE’S ENGLAND? === === 10. WHAT WAS LIFE LIKE FOR THOSE WHO LIVED IN LONDON AND OTHER URBAN AREAS? HOW DID THOSE IN URBAN AREAS LIVE? WHAT WERE COMMON OCCUPATIONS, WHAT WERE HOMES LIKE, AND SO ON? === === 11. WHAT WAS COUNTRY LIFE LIFE IN SHAKESPEARE’S ENGLAND? HOW DID THOSE IN RURAL AREAS LIVE? WHAT WERE COMMON OCCUPATIONS, WHAT WERE HOMES LIKE, AND SO ON? === === 12. WHAT WERE POPULAR FORMS OF SPORT, AMUSEMENT, AND ENTERTAINMENT IN SHAKESPEARE’S ENGLAND? HOW WERE THESE DIFFERENT IN URBAN/RURAL LIFE? HOW WERE THESE DIFFERENT IN NOBLE/MERCHANT/COMMON LIFE? === === 13. WHAT WERE POPULAR FORMS OF MUSIC, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, SONGS, COMPOSERS, AND MUSICIANS IN SHAKESPEARE’S ENGLAND? HOW WERE THESE DIFFERENT IN URBAN/RURAL LIFE? HOW WERE THESE DIFFERENT IN NOBLE/MERCHANT/COMMON LIFE? === === 14. WHAT WERE POPULAR FORMS OF HAIRSTYLES, CLOTHING, MEN’S and WOMEN'S FASHION, AND CHILDREN'S FASHION IN SHAKESPEARE'S ENGLAND? HOW WERE THESE DIFFERENT IN URBAN/RURAL LIFE? HOW WERE THESE DIFFERENT IN NOBLE/MERCHANT/COMMON LIFE? === === 15. WHAT WERE POPULAR TYPES OF BANQUETS, FEASTS, FOOD, AND DRINK IN SHAKESPEARE'S ENGLAND? WHAT WERE POPULAR RECIPES? HOW WERE THESE DIFFERENT IN URBAN/RURAL LIFE? HOW WERE THESE DIFFERENT IN NOBLE/MERCHANT/COMMON LIFE? === ===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> 16. WHAT WERE COMMON MEDICAL BELIEFS, PRACTICES, PROCEDURES, AND MEDICINES IN SHAKESPEARE'S ENGLAND? HOW WERE THESE DIFFERENT IN NOBLE/MERCHANT/COMMON LIFE? WHAT, IF ANY, MEDICAL DISCOVERIES OR ADVANCEMENTS WERE MADE DURING SHAKESPEARE’S LIFETIME? === ===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> 17. WHAT PLAGUES STRUCK ENGLAND AROUND THE TIME OF SHAKESPEARE? HOW WERE THE PLAGUES DEALT WITH? WHAT EFFECTS DID THE PLAGUES HAVE? === ===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> 18. WHAT LAWS GOVERNED ENGLAND IN SHAKESPEARE’S TIMES? WHAT CRIMES WERE COMMON IN SHAKESPEARE’S ENGLAND? AND, WHAT WERE THE PUNISHMENTS? WHAT IS THE CLINK? WHAT WERE JAILS LIKE IN SHAKESPEARE’S ENGLAND? === ===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> 19. WHAT WAS EDUCATION AND SCHOOL LIKE IN SHAKESPEARE'S ENGLAND? HOW WAS IT DIFFERENT IN URBAN/RURAL LIFE? HOW WAS IT DIFFERENT IN NOBLE/MERCHANT/COMMON LIFE? === ===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> 20. WHAT ROLE DID RELIGION PLAY IN ELIZABETHAN AND JACOBEAN ENGLAND? WHAT RELIGIOUS CONFLICTS AND STRIFE WERE FACED? WHAT IS THE KING JAMES BIBLE AND WHY IS IT SIGNIFICANT? WHO WAS OLIVER CROMWELL? WHAT IS HIS LEGACY? === =<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: center;">**THE THEATRE IN SHAKESPEARE'S ENGLAND** = = = ===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> 21. WHAT ROLE DID THEATRE, DRAMA, ORATORY, AND OTHER PERFORMANCE SERVE IN SHAKESPEARE’S ENGLAND? WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF ELIZABETHAN AND JACOBEAN THEATRES AND PERFORMANCES? WHAT WERE SETS, COSTUMES, AND SO ON LIKE IN THE THEATRE OF SHAKESPEARE’S ENGLAND? === ===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> 22. WHAT WAS A THEATRE LIKE IN SHAKESPEARE’S ENGLAND? WHAT WERE INN-YARDS, COURTYARD THEATRES OR AMPITHEATRES, and PLAYHOUSES? WHAT WERE THE ROSE, THE SWAN, THE THEATRE, AND OTHER IMPORTANT THEATRES IN ELIZABETHAN AND JACOBEAN ENGLAND? WHAT WAS BLACKFRIAR’S THEATRE AND WHY WAS THIS AN IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT IN THEATRE IN SHAKESPEARE’S TIME? HOW, IF AT ALL, WERE THESE THEATRES CONNECTED TO SHAKESPEARE? === ===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> 23. WHAT IS THE GLOBE THEATRE? HOW IS IT CONNECTED TO SHAKESPEARE? WHAT IS ITS HISTORY AND LEGACY? WHAT WAS IT LIKE IN SHAKESPEARE’S TIME? WHAT IS ITS ARCHITECTURE AND HOW DID IT FUNCTION AS A THEATRE? WHAT IS IT LIKE TODAY? WHAT IS THE NEW SHAKESPEARE'S GLOBE IN LONDON? WHAT IS ITS HISORY AND ITS MISSION? === ===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> 24. WHO WERE THEATRE-GOERS IN ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND? WHAT WAS AN AUDIENCE LIKE IN ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND? WHAT WAS A THEATRE-GOING EXPERIENCE LIKE FOR NOBILITY, MERCHANT CLASS, AND COMMONERS? === ===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> 25. WHO WERE THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN’S MEN, LATER CALLED THE KING’S MEN? WHAT WAS SHAKESPEARE’S ROLE IN THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN’S MEN/THE KING’S MEN? WHO WERE IMPORTANT MEMBERS OF THESE TROUPES, INCLUDING THE BURBAGE BROTHERS? === ===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> 26. WHO WERE THE LEADING ACTORS IN SHAKESPEARE’S ENGLAND? WHAT WERE THEY FAMOUS FOR? WHAT ROLES DID THEY PLAY? WHAT CONNECTION, IF ANY, DID THEY HAVE WITH SHAKESPEARE? WHAT WAS LIFE LIKE FOR AN ACTOR IN SHAKESPEARE’S TIME? ===

=<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: center;">**SHAKESPEARE’S LIFE** = ===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> 27. WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT SHAKESPEARE’S CHILDHOOD? WHAT WAS SHAKESPEARE’S EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION LIKE IN STRATFORD-UPON-AVON? WHAT WAS DAILY LIFE LIKE IN STRATFORD? WHAT IN HIS EARLY YEARS MAY HAVE INFLUENCED HIS LIFE AND CAREER? WHO ARE THE QUEEN’S MEN AND WHAT ROLE MIGHT THEY HAVE PLAYED IN SHAKESPEARE’S EARLY YEARS? === ===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> 28. WHAT ARE “THE LOST YEARS” OF SHAKESPEARE’S LIFE? WHAT ARE THE THEORIES BEHIND WHERE SHAKESPEARE WAS AND WHAT HE WAS DOING IN HIS LOST YEARS? WHY ARE THESE YEARS SO IMPORTANT? AND WHY ARE THEY SUCH A MYSTERY? === ===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> 29. WHO WAS SHAKESPEARE’S FAMILY? WHO WAS SHAKESPEARE’S WIFE? WHAT WAS SHAKESPEARE’S RELATIONSHIP WITH HER LIKE? WHO WERE HIS CHILDREN? WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE WOMAN AND CHILDREN BEHIND SHAKESPEARE? WHAT WERE THEIR LIVES LIKE IN STRATFORD? === ===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> 30. WHAT WAS SHAKESPEARE’S RETIREMENT AND LATER LIFE IN STRATFORD-UPON-AVON LIKE? HOW AND WHEN DID SHAKESPEARE DIE? WHERE IS HE BURIED, AND WHAT IS HIS GRAVE LIKE? WHAT IS THE MEMORIAL TO SHAKESPEARE IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY? === ===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> 31. WHAT WAS SHAKESPEARE’S LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT? WHAT ARE THE CONTROVERSIES SURROUNDING HIS WILL? WHAT THEORIES ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN THOSE CONTROVERSIES? === ===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> 32. WHAT DOES SHAKESPEARE LOOK LIKE? WHAT ARE THE ONLY EXISTING LIKENESSES OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE? ARE THEY AUTHENTIC? WHAT IS THE COBBE PORTRAIT AND WHY IS IT SO SIGNIFICANT? WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT THE COBBE PORTRAIT FROM ALL OTHER EXISTING LIKENESSES? WHAT IMPACT DOES ITS DISCOVERY HAVE ON OUR UNDERSTANDING OF SHAKESPEARE’S LIFE AND LOOKS? IS IT AUTHENTIC? ===

=<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: center;">**SHAKESPEARE’S CAREER AND WORKS** = ===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> 33. HOW WERE BOOKS AND OTHER TEXTS PUBLISHED IN THIS TIME? HOW WERE SHAKESPEARE’S WORKS—PLAYS AND POEMS—PUBLISHED DURING HIS LIFETIME? WHAT ARE “FOLIOS” AND “QUARTOS,” AND HOW DO THESE TWO TERMS RELATE TO SHAKESPEARE’S PLAYS? === ===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> 34. WHAT IS THE FIRST FOLIO AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? WHAT STILL EXISTS OF THE FIRST FOLIO? WHERE IS THE WORLD’S LARGEST COLLECTION OF EXISTING FIRST FOLIOS TODAY? HOW WAS THIS COLLECTION AMASSED? WHERE ARE OTHER COPIES NOT IN THIS COLLECTION TODAY? === ===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> 35. WHAT IS THE HISTORY OF A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, THE MYTHOLOGY OR STORY BEHIND THESEUS AND HIPPOLYTA, CUPID, “PYRAMUS AND THISBE,” AND “THE GOLDEN ASS”? === ===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> 36. WHAT ARE SHAKESPEARE’S HISTORY PLAYS? WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS AND COMMON TROPES OF A HISTORY PLAY? WHAT ROLE DID HIS HISTORIES PLAY IN ELIZABETHAN AND JACOBEAN DRAMA? WHAT ARE THE PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT HISTORIES? WHAT ARE THEY ABOUT? WHY ARE THEY IMPORTANT? === ===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> 37. WHAT ARE SHAKESPEARE’S COMEDIES? WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS AND COMMON TROPES OF A COMEDY? WHAT ROLE DID HIS COMEDIES PLAY IN ELIZABETHAN AND JACOBEAN DRAMA? WHAT ARE THE PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT COMEDIES? WHAT ARE THEY ABOUT? WHY ARE THEY IMPORTANT? === ===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> 38. WHAT ARE SHAKESPEARE’S TRAGEDIES? WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS AND COMMON TROPES OF A TRAGEDY? WHAT ROLE DID HIS TRAGEDIES PLAY IN ELIZABETHAN AND JACOBEAN DRAMA? WHAT ARE THE PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT TRAGEDIES? WHAT ARE THEY ABOUT? WHY ARE THEY IMPORTANT? === ===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> 39. WHAT IS SHAKESPEARE’S BODY OF WORK IN POETRY? WHAT ARE CONSIDERED TO BE HIS MOST IMPORTANT POEMS? WHAT ARE THEY ABOUT AND WHY ARE THEY IMPORTANT? === ===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> 40. WHO IS THE DARK LADY? WHAT ARE THE MAJOR THEORIES BEHIND THE IDENTITY OF THE DARK LADY, IF SHE REALLY EXISTED? === ===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> 41. WHAT IS THE PATRONAGE SYSTEM? WHY DID ARTISTS HAVE PATRONAGE? WHO WERE SHAKESPEARE'S PATRONS? WHAT ROLE DID THEY PLAY IN HIS LIFE AND CAREER? === ===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> 42. WHO WAS CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE? WHAT ARE HIS MAJOR WORKS? WHY WAS HE IMPORTANT IN ELIZABETHAN THEATRE, AND WHY IS HE STILL IMPORTANT TODAY? WHAT ARE THE DETAILS OF HIS MYSTERIOUS DEATH? WHAT ROLE DID HE PLAY IN SHAKESPEARE’S LIFE? === ===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> 43. WHO IS BEN JONSON? WHAT ARE HIS MAJOR WORKS? HOW DID HIS LIFE INTERSECT WITH SHAKESPEARE’S? WHAT WAS HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH SHAKESPEARE LIKE? WHAT IS HIS CONNECTION TO THE FIRST FOLIO? === ===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> 44. WHAT IS THE AUTHORSHIP CONTROVERSY? WHAT ARE THE MAJOR THEORIES BEHIND THE AUTHORSHIP CONTROVERSY? WHAT FACTIONS OR SIDES ARE THERE TO THE CONTROVERSY? WHY DOES THIS CONTROVERSY CONTINUE TO INTEREST SCHOLARS TODAY? === ===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> 45. HOW DID SHAKESPEARE IMPACT THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE? WHAT ARE NEOLOGISMS, AND WHAT NEOLOGISMS CAN BE TRACED BACK TO SHAKESPEARE? WHAT NEOLOGISMS COME FROM DREAM? HOW DID SHAKESPEARE CHANGE AND GROW ENGLISH? ===

=<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: center;">**SHAKESPEARE TODAY** = ===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> 46. WHAT ARE THE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY, THE SHAKESPEARE TRUST, AND THE FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY? WHAT IS HISTORY AND MISSION OF EACH OF THESE IMPORTANT ORGANIZATIONS? === ===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> 47. WHAT IS SHAKESPEARE'S LEGACY? WHERE DO WE FIND SHAKESPEARE'S INFLUENCES EVEN TODAY? WHERE IS SHAKESPEARE IN MODERN POP CULTURE? WHAT IN OUR EVERYDAY LIVES ARE REFERENCES OR ALLUSIONS TO SHAKESPEARE? WHAT DEBT DO WE OWE TO SHAKESPEARE IN OUR CULTURE, LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, AND ART? ===