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1599: Winter

  • Name the annual holiday celebrating Elizabeth's coronation
  • Three of the palaces Elizabeth's retinue stayed at every year
  • a "memorable artifact' that Shakespeare might have seen at Whitehall
  • Name of the "Master of the Revels"
  • Who played Sir John Falstaff, and how was he made to look fat in performance?
  • What was a jig?
  • Who drew a sword against the queen and wrote, "Cannot princs err?" Why?
  • Why was the Battle of Yellow Ford considered "a great blow"?
  • Who led the Irish resistance?
  • Who wrote "A view of the Present State of Ireland," and what was its main point?
  • How many Londoners were forcibly conscripted in 1598?
  • What is a "muster"?
  • Who was Sir Thomas North?
  • What happened to the bodies of Henry V and Queen Katherine?
  • When was the Sermon at Richmond delivered, and by whom?
  • What was the name of the popular dramatic source for Henry V?
  • Who probably played the Prlogue in Henry V?
  • Who traced his claim to the throne to a character hung for treason in Henry V?
  • What was cut from Henry V in its first printing? Why?
  • What are two words Shakespeare coined (made up) for Henry V?
  • Who was Lewis Gilbert? What's his possible connection to Henry V?
  • What happened on March 27, 1599?
 
Dr. Mary Adams, instructor
last updated 16-jan-20