Shakespeare's Timeline
23rd April 1564
William Shakespeare is born in Stratford-upon-Avon1569
Shakespeare goes to school. King's New School, an excellent grammer school in Stratford.
26th November 1582
26th May 1583
Shakespeare's first child, Susanna is born 6 months after marriage.
1585
Shakespeare's wife gives birth to twins, son Hamnet and daughter Judith.
1590
Shakespeare writes his very first play, Henry The VI, part one. Also around the same time, he leaves Stratford to begin work as a playwright and actor in London.
1592
Shakespeare has become successful enough as a playwright to make his peer jealous. Robert Greene writes a scathing critique of him, calling him a "upstart crow".
April 1593
Shakespeare publishes his first long poem, "Venus and Adonis".
May 1594
Shakespeare publishes "The Rape of Lucrece". He also purchases shares in the Chamberlain's Men in the same year.
11th August 1596
Shakespeare and Anne bury their only son, Hamnet, who dies at the age of 11 of unknown causes.
May 1597
Shakespeare becoming more wealthy thanks to his theater work and shrewed investments. He buys a new place, which is the second-largest house in Stratford.
1598
Francis Meres publishes a glowing review of Shakespeare's work. Shakespeare has become a noted playwright with at least a dozen plays under his belt, including Romeo and Juliet, A Mid-summer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Love Labor's Lost and Titus Andronicus.
1599
The Chamberlain's Men build the Globe, a wooden theater in London. Many of Shakespeare most famous plays are performed for the first time here.
1601
Shakespeare's father dies, and his patron Earl Southampton is sentenced to death for his role in the Essex Rebellion. Shakespeare's father's death motivates him to write Hamlet around this time. His plays over the next few years take a dark, brooding tone.
14th March 1603
Upon the death of Queen Elizabeth I, King James ascends the throne. The Chamberlain's Men change their name to the King's Men.
1608
The King's Men begin performing at Blackfriars, an indoor theater in London. In contrast to the somber mood of the last seven years.
1609
Thomas Thorpe prints a collection of 154 of Shakespeare's sonnets.
1611
Shakespeare leaves London and move back to Stratford, where his wife and married daughters live.
1613
Shakespeare composes his final plays, Henry VIII, Two Nobel Kinsmen, and the Now-Lost Cardenio in collaboration with John Fletcher.
25th March 1616
Shakespeare calls his lawyer to revise his will.
23rd April 1616
Suffering from an unknown illness, Shakespeare dies in his 52nd Birthday.
25th April 1616
Shakespeare is buried in Holy Trinity Church in Stratford two days after he's died.
Informations from link below:
https://www.shmoop.com/william-shakespeare/timeline.html
Review on Romeo and Juliet
Review for the link below...
After reading through the paragraphs on how Kenneth Branagh's Romeo and Juliet goes, there're things that I wanted to share it out.
- The play was played in a modern world, but with men wearing dark suits, and women with petticoat. It has a fantastical combination with 2016 (when Romeo and Juliet is played) and 1950s.
- Comparing to the Romeo and Juliet play we know for the past, Branagh has introduced a fascinating style of the play to the audience. Every moment in the play was remake from a very classical and well known sense of style to a stage full of vitality, as every of the character on stage acquits the story of R&J very well.
- For the character Romeo and Juliet, they both annotated the youth spirit and the passion for their love in play. However for us, we are still in our teen age, it will be more realistic for the audiences to enjoy the play as we do not need to hide our maturity on stage.
What can we do to improve our performance for the play after reading the review from the website?...
Excluding the fun part for the audiences to enjoy a modern style of Romeo and Juliet, the parts that we need to work more on will be our slang and costume. Firstly, the slang in Shakespeare's play gives a lot of tension, but what we are going to play is a modern story, and will not be following the slang of Shakespeare, we need to build our tension with our own slang and voice.
Costumes
As playing a classical play with modern style will be reducing the sense of times. In order to not loss the significance in Romeo and Juliet, choosing the right costumes will be as important as understanding the whole play. Different colour theme of costumes between characters lead them to stay in their role immediately, for examples, different colour theme between Montagues and Capulets will give a big contrast on both households. And, costumes between the lords and their servants should be classify with the amount of jewellery they put on themselves, bright and dull colour, the smartness of costume for lord.
Is Shakespeare still relevant in 2017?...
After doing some research and combine them with my own thoughts, yes, I think Shakespeare is relevant in 2017 for us and even for the future generations. I've got some strong points from few websites to help me prove that.Review on Romeo and Juliet
Review for the link below...
After reading through the paragraphs on how Kenneth Branagh's Romeo and Juliet goes, there're things that I wanted to share it out.
- The play was played in a modern world, but with men wearing dark suits, and women with petticoat. It has a fantastical combination with 2016 (when Romeo and Juliet is played) and 1950s.
- Comparing to the Romeo and Juliet play we know for the past, Branagh has introduced a fascinating style of the play to the audience. Every moment in the play was remake from a very classical and well known sense of style to a stage full of vitality, as every of the character on stage acquits the story of R&J very well.
- For the character Romeo and Juliet, they both annotated the youth spirit and the passion for their love in play. However for us, we are still in our teen age, it will be more realistic for the audiences to enjoy the play as we do not need to hide our maturity on stage.
What can we do to improve our performance for the play after reading the review from the website?...
Excluding the fun part for the audiences to enjoy a modern style of Romeo and Juliet, the parts that we need to work more on will be our slang and costume. Firstly, the slang in Shakespeare's play gives a lot of tension, but what we are going to play is a modern story, and will not be following the slang of Shakespeare, we need to build our tension with our own slang and voice.
Costumes
As playing a classical play with modern style will be reducing the sense of times. In order to not loss the significance in Romeo and Juliet, choosing the right costumes will be as important as understanding the whole play. Different colour theme of costumes between characters lead them to stay in their role immediately, for examples, different colour theme between Montagues and Capulets will give a big contrast on both households. And, costumes between the lords and their servants should be classify with the amount of jewellery they put on themselves, bright and dull colour, the smartness of costume for lord.
Is Shakespeare still relevant in 2017?...
Lets take Romeo and Juliet as the first example, Shakespeare's work is relatable with modern days. People might say it's been more than 400 years, perspective of his during that time should be irrelevant by this time. Shakespeare's writing has inspired many of today's best modern works. We might change the style of how are we going to perform his play but Shakespeare's original story still will be the base for all.
We often quoted Shakespeare's line without knowing. To be honest, I learned to say 'To be or not to be' before knowing Shakespeare. Shakespeare's words and phrases has taken the big part in our lives. As a drama student, i would say that he knows how to describe and express his characters' emotions, all of his characters in each play have their very powerful personality. That's also why i said his work is relatable, not only with his play but also his characters' personalities and how they act. From villains, murderers, lovers and dreamers to traitors, servants, witches and magicians, there're full of everything that you can imagine and more.
Informations from links below:
http://sajhs.nebo.edu/news/shakespeare-still-relevant-today
https://news.usc.edu/91717/six-reasons-shakespeare-remains-relevant-400-years-after-his-death/
Cultural significance of Romeo and Juliet
Cultural significance of Romeo and Juliet
Language that Shakespeare used in Romeo & Juliet
Shakespeare's work is written in Elizabethan English, it's poetic and also with iambic pentameter. What's iambic pentameter? It's an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable and also a form of poetic device which lends rhythm and almost musical quality to the language. He used the style of this to write his plays and especially in his sonnets.Elizabethan English is considered to be a part of Early Modern English. It was basically a transition from Middle English. Shakespeare wrote during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, and was highly influenced both politically and stylistically. This is where the term Elizabethan English stems from.
Words in Elizabethan language
Writers and playwrights invented new words during Elizabethan times. Shakespeare invented the most new words than any other single person while writing his plays, they were approx 2000 new words.
Themes in Romeo & Juliet
Love - The play focusses on romantic love, especially the intense passion that springs up at first sight between Romeo and Juliet. It has some of the most beautiful, passionate love poetry ever written in English. Maybe Shakespeare does want us to believe in true love. Love in first sight has become believable after since.
Hate - In Romeo & Juliet, love and hate are just two sides of the same coin. When the hatred between the Montagues and Capulets finally drives the lovers to their tragic deaths, it seems like love might finally triumph over hate. But if they're just two sides of the same coin, how can this kind of passionate love even exist without hate?
Fate - In Romeo & Juliet fate refers to the description of the lovers as "star-crossed". This phrase seems to hint that the stars have predetermined the lovers' future.
Fate - In Romeo & Juliet fate refers to the description of the lovers as "star-crossed". This phrase seems to hint that the stars have predetermined the lovers' future.
Marriage - In the world of Romeo and Juliet, marriage of love rather than money or social position, is a radical and dangerous choice, particularly for kids from wealthy and influential families. Romeo and Juliet pay a heavy price for marrying for love, their furtive union propels the lovers towards their tragic deaths.
http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-language.htm
http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/romeojuliet/themes.html
https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/r/romeo-and-juliet/critical-essays/major-themes
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