Shakespeare was born in in 1564 and died in 1616. He lived during a time known as the , the period during the reigns of the and the early . This general period is known as the , after . was a time of immense and and the which drew upon the world, especially the , with ancient and influencing the .
Shakespeare grew up in , a small English town, then made his way to where he hooked up with an .
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Shaped sort of like an O, the theatre was a twothreefourfive- theatre with an open in the centre of the . Each had a with for the . The central area known as the was where the watched the . Because they stood on the bare ground for the duration of the these theatregoers were known as . These ate all day and quite frankly smelt bad. WORD BANK audience floor gallery groundlings (x2) masses pit performances playsroofseatsstagestorey wooden
Shakespeare lived in a time of tremendous (= great) . The threatened devout like his parents while , and threatened the whole of England and its new queen, Elizabeth. In times of crisis, people turned to the (= theatres) to their problems and them. WORD BANK Catholics forget instability plagues playhouses Protestant Reformation riots understand wars
