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1599: Spring

  • Name one of the Chamberlain's Men's youthful competitors
  • In addition to four strong adult actors, who else might have distinguished Shakespeare's company in 1599, and why?
  • Why might Peter Street have fitted the new Globe with iron spikes?
  • Hayward's "history" book entitled "The First Part of the Life and Reign of King Henry IV" had a dedication. To whom? What did it say?
  • Hayward's Henry IV described "a charismatic aristocrat's overthrow of a childless monarch who had taxed them ruthlessly and mismanaged Ireland." Who were the aristocrat and the monarch, and which political figures were like them in 1599?
  • When choosing a source for Julius Caesar, which two versions of Roman history did Shakespeare have to choose from? Which did he pick and why?
  • What episode in Julius Caesar might be seen as a response to censorship?
  • What did the words "popular" and "popularity" mean in 1599?
  • Which philosopher described tragedy not in Aristotelian terms (the fall of a flawed man) but as "a collision of deeply held and irreconcilable principles, embodied in characters who are destroyed when these principles collide"?
  • When was the quarto version of Julius Caesar published? Why?
  • What happened on May 27, 1599? How did it affect Shakespeare's history plays?
  • Name two people in line to succeed Elizabeth in 1599.
  • Who was John Somerville?
  • According to Shapiro's book, what was the real problem with assassination for Elizabethans?
  • What happened in Stratford on Midsummer day, 1571?
  • What was the significance of April 23 in 1599, and why did it matter to people like Shakespeare? (Note: don't say "Shakespeare's birthday")
  • What happened to the dates from October 5-14, 1582? What were some consequences?
  • In Elizabethan times, what was a "triumph"?
  • Describe a parallel between Rome and Elizabethan England that was emphasized by Elizabethans?
  • What was usually celebrated on November 17, especially after 1569? Why was it criticized by Catholics?
 
Dr. Mary Adams, instructor
last updated 16-jan-20