dijous, 10 de febrer del 2011





1. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT SHAKESPEARE?
William Shakespeare was born in 1564 and he died in 1616.
He was married with Anne Hathaway. He was an English poet and playwright. He wrote a lot of plays like: Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet...
2. THEATER AT SHAKESPEARE TIMES: THE GLOBE.
Theater at Shakespeare times there weren't actresses.
The Globe was built in 1599 in London by Shakespeare's playing company and was destroyed by fire on 29 June 1613. A second Globe Theater was built on the same site by June 1614 and closed in 1642



3. ROMEO AND JULIET. PLOT SUMMARY.
This work has as its main theme the love of two teenagers, Romeo and Juliet, who are conditioned by the enmity that maintain their families.
The play, set in Verona, begins with a street brawl between Montague and Capulet supporters who are sworn enemies. The Prince of Verona intervenes and declares that further breach of the peace will be punishable by death. Later, Count Paris talks to Capulet about marrying his daughter, but Capulet is wary of the request because Juliet is only thirteen. Capulet asks Paris to wait another two years and invites him to attend a planned Capulet ball. Lady Capulet and Juliet's nurse try to persuade Juliet to accept Paris's courtship.

Can you find any similarities with the film?

Yes, of course, there are a lot of similarities.



THE FILM:
1. Summary. write a summary of the film. Podcast it.

The film centres around the forbidden love of Will Shakespeare and Viola de Lesseps the daughter of a wealthy merchant. A young man named Thomas Kent is cast in the role after impressing Shakespeare with his performance and his love of Shakespeare's previous work. Unknown to Shakespeare and the rest of the theatre company, Kent is actually young Viola de Lesseps, who desires to act, but must disguise herself as a young man to fulfill her dream, since women are barred from the stage.
Inspired by Viola, Shakespeare begins writing feverishly.Shakespeare and de Lesseps know that their romance is doomed.
Inspired by Viola and their final goodbye, Shakespeare begins his new story, Twelfth Night, Or What You Will, with a sinking ship, its sole survivor a lady "whose soul is greater than the ocean.






2. Main characters description. Images:

Will Shakespeare






Viola de Lesseps

Queen Elisabeth











Lord Wessex









Edmund Tildey

3. What's your favourite scene/s? Why?


4. Roleplay a dialogue in the film. Audiovisual optional: images and your voices recorded.

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