Elizabethan Drama Notes Check

Where did touring acting companies perform?

• Inn courtyards
• Theaters
• Palaces
• Small purchased shops

In Elizabethan England, the public viewed actors ____.

• Positively
• Negatively
• Neutrally
• Reverently

Men and women both acted in plays during Shakespeare's time.

• True
• False

Who built the first permanent theater in England?

• William Shakespeare
• King James I
• Queen Elizabeth I
• James Burbage

The boards of James Burbage's theater were later used to build ____.

• a castle
• Westminister Abbey
• the Globe theatre
• Downton Abbey

The Globe Theater is . . .

• the first theater ever constructed in England.
• Shakespeare's personal theater.
• where most of Shakespeare's plays were performed.
• the most famous theater ever built.

Much of our knowledge of the Globe's design comes from _____.

• Blueprints
• Architectural notes
• Shakespeare's plays
• Letters

What was the first play performed in the Globe?

• Julius Ceasar
• Henry VIII
• Romeo and Juliet
• Henry V

What was the last play performed in the original Globe?

• Julius Ceasar
• Henry VIII
• Romeo and Juliet
• Henry V

What event marked the end of Shakespeare's career?

• The opening night of Henry VIII
• The burning of the Globe Theater
• The tearing down of James Burbage's theater
• The beginning of King James I's reign