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1. What were the names of William's parents before they married?
2. William Shakespeare's father served as bailiff of Stratford-upon-Avon.
3. In which year was William Shakespeare born?
4. What was the name of the woman, eight years his senior, whom William married in November 1582?
5. What was the name of William Shakespeare's first daughter?
6. William and his wife became the parents of twins in 1585 (a boy and a girl). What were they named?
7. Nobody knows for certain when William left Stratford-upon-Avon to go to London. It is also not known what he was doing prior to working in the theatre. Which of these is the most commonly believed theory on Shakespeare's "lost years"?
8. William was valuable in the theatre as he could both write plays and act. Which fellow dramatist called William an "upstart crow" in 1592, envious of William's well established and successful career?
9. William was a founding member of which theatrical group in 1594?
10. William's new theatrical group was founded in the same year as the theatres were re-opened having been closed the previous year. Why had they been closed?
11. London's Globe Theatre, completed in 1599, was the playhouse of William's theatrical group. Was it situated on the north or south bank of the Thames?
12. While we're on the subject of the Globe, it burned to the ground in 1613 during a performance of which of Shakespeare's plays?
13. Who was the handsome courtier to whom Shakespeare dedicated his poems "Venus and Adonis" (1593) and "The Rape of Lucrece" (1594)?
14. Shakespeare and his acting group performed at the court of Queen Elizabeth I. When she died, the next monarch came to the throne, and the name of Shakespeare's theatrical group was changed to "The King's Men". Who was the new monarch?
15. As well as appearing in his own plays, Shakespeare also acted in some of the productions of his contemporary dramatists.
16. How many of Shakespeare's plays were published in his lifetime?
17. Even though Shakespeare continued his theatrical career in London, he invested a considerable amount in property in which English town?
18. Where in England did William Shakespeare die, on 23 April 1616?
19. Where is Shakespeare buried?
20. Which of Shakespeare's contemporaries remembered him with admiration and affection after his death?
21. Who played William in the 1998 movie, "Shakespeare In Love"?
22. The 1990s were a great decade for movies of Shakespeare's plays. Who played Benedick and Beatrice in "Much Ado About Nothing" (1993)?
23. In Baz Lurhmann's production of "Romeo + Juliet" (1996), who played the star-crossed lovers themselves?
24. Who played Helena and Hermia in the movie "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (1999)?
25. Who was played by Kenneth Branagh in "Hamlet" (1996)?
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