Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Information you need to know:
The Quizzical Shakespeare Company put on four of Shakespeare's plays recently, with each one featuring an erroneous appearance by a famous character from another play.
Using the clues below, identify in which order the four plays were performed, along with the name of both the erroneous character and the actor who portrayed them. If you've got a pen and paper handy then using the 'grid' method may help you solve the puzzle.
The four plays were 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', 'Hamlet', 'Julius Caesar' and 'The Merry Wives of Windsor'.
The four erroneous characters were Iago, Juliet Capulet, King Lear and King Richard III.
The four embarrassed actors were Dean James, Douglas Kirk, Oliver Laurence and Tracey Spencer.
Clues:
1. In Shakespeare's time, female characters were played by male actors dressed up as women. However, the Quizzical Shakespeare Company actually has female actors available so it was Tracey Spencer who portrayed Juliet Capulet.
2. When King Richard III uttered the famous line "A horse, a horse! My kingdom for a horse!" he was probably surprised when the only offering put forward was a donkey-headed Nick Bottom - apparently he'd wandered into the performance of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'.
3. Dean James portrayed one of Shakespeare's eponymous kings. Unfortunately neither 'Richard III' nor 'King Lear' were on the Quizzical Shakespeare Company's programme.
4. Douglas Kirk's character almost got away unnoticed as he slipped in with the crowd of characters waiting to stab Julius Caesar in the play of the same name - it was only the lack of a toga that gave the game away.
5. Oliver Laurence joined the Quizzical Shakespeare Company after all of the following had already taken place: the production of 'The Merry Wives of Windsor', the appearance of the evil villain Iago and the performance of the play featuring Dean James.
6. 'Hamlet' was the first of the four plays to be staged.
7. Dean James's play was performed before Tracey Spencer's, but not directly so.
And now the questions begin:
Who played the evil villain Iago?
2. In what play did Tracey Spencer portray one of Shakespeare's most famous female tragic heroines, Juliet Capulet?
3. Which of the four plays was the last to be performed by the Quizzical Shakespeare Company?
4. Dean James portrayed King Lear. True or False?
5. Which actor appeared in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'?
6. Which character was mistakenly included in the production of 'Hamlet'?
7. Which of the four actors was first to step out on stage into entirely the wrong play?
8. What position in the schedule was taken by the play that included a surprise appearance by Juliet Capulet?
9. 'Julius Caesar' featured which erroneous character?
10. Actor Douglas Kirk was embarrassed by his appearance in the play that held which position in the Quizzical Shakespeare Company's schedule?
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