Shakespeare's Comedy Summaries

COMEDIES
1	All’s Well That Ends Well
	Bertram is a bad boy, He disregards his wife Helena, disobeys the king and hangs out with a disreputable scoundrel.  He returns to his wife, obeys his king's orders, gives up on his companion and all's well that ends well.
2	As You Like It
	It takes sibling rivalry to a new level. One duke banished, then his daughter banished, love affairs abound, good ending, so everyone ends up happy.
3	Comedy of Errors
	Two sets of twins having the same name are separated at birth, one set servant and the other master and the hilarity that ensues.
4	Love's Labor Lost
	Four men isolate themselves from women for three years, women move in and hilarity ensues.  Not a typical comedy as no one gets married in the end, all four couples put it off.
5	Measure for Measure
	The Duke feels there is too much wild and crazy behavior in the city so he sets up a death punishment and then leaves town.  #2, Angelo sets himself up as boss.  As leading politician gets caught in a scandal--just like today.  It's dark, but all marry and no one dies in the end.
6	Merchant of Venice
	Another of Shakespeare's "Problem" plays, the villian is a moneylender who wants his pound of flesh and mixed up with that are love affairs and marriages.
7	Merry Wives of Windsor
	Falstaff, the fat knight in both Henry IV's was so popular he is the lead, holding the highest station in this town.  He is also the biggest buffoon amidst merry wives and marriages are in the end.
8	Midsummer Night’s Dream
	It is His most popular and widest performed play.  Full of confusion and affection, there are plays within plays, donkeys, fairies, and all turns out well in the end.
9	Much Ado About Nothing
	It intertwines two love stories of love won, lost, and regained with a twist of dastardly doings by Don John.  All lovers marry, so all is well in the end.
10	Twelfth Night
	Called the name of the first date of performance, this play was really named What You Will.  Twin brother and sister are shipwrecked and supposedly dead andcause confusion to Orsino the duke loves Olivia, who is in mourning, and won't see him.  Accidental marriages mixed up plans end in hilarity.
11	Taming of the Shrew
	It's the story of a shrewish woman, controlled by a manipulating husband  and hilarity ensues.
12	The Tempest
	The play is on an island inhabited by spirits and people are visitors.  Its all about trials, triumphs, love, hate and fear.
13	The Winter’s Tale
	The same plot as Othello, insane jealousy.  King of Sicilia suspects his wife and friend of infidelity and suspects her baby is not his.  He wants his friend killed, he escapes, baby is born and King wants it left to die.  It is rescued and in the end those not dead marry.
14	Two Gentlemen of Verona
	Two best friends part company, one trys to stay near his love, father intercedes.  In Milan, one falls in love with the Duke's daughter who is pledged to another.  The servant Speed steals the show with his dog Crab.  Believed to be Shakespeare's first and weakest play.

St. Crispins Day Speech Henry IV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6fSeGciYHs

Romeo Impresses Juliet STUDIO C

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_UQJr_v87I

Studio C -- Juliet in Therapy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhUY9li_roA

Romeo and Juliet

How hard it is to film a movie scene.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7t-3MlT7J0

Shakespeare Final Jeopardy Quiz Questions

FAMOUS QUOTES

1.   "I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano, A stage, where every man must play a part; And mine a sad one. (Act I, Scene I)  Antonio

2.   "Superfluity comes sooner by white hairs, but competency lives longer." (Act I, Scene II)  Nerissa

3.   "I dote on his very absence." (Act I, Scene II)   Portia

4.   "The devil can cite scripture for his purpose." (Act I, Scene III)   Shylock

5.   "Mislike me not for my complexion, The shadow'd livery of the burnish'd sun." (Act II, Scene I)    The Moor

6.   "It is a wise father that knows his own child." (Act II, Scene II)  Gobbo

7.   “By yonder moon, I swear you do me wrong!”     Gratiano

8.   "But love is blind, and lovers cannot see The pretty follies that themselves commit." (Act II, Scene VI) Cupid would blush to see me dressed as a boy ,  Jessica

9.   "All that glisters is not gold." (Act II, Scene VII)  Prince of Morocco

10.                "If you prick us, do we not bleed? if you tickle us, do we not laugh? if you poison us, do we not die? and if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?" (Act III, Scene I)  Shylock

If thou wilt lend this money, lend it not as to thy friends for when did friendship take a breed of barren metal of his friend.    Antonio

THE PLAY

1.   Which casket does the Prince of Morocco choose?   gold

2.   Who designed the casket test?  Portia’s father

3.   Who is Shylocks servant who defects to work for Bassanio?   Lancelot Gobbo

4.   How much money did Shylock loan to Bassanio?   3000 ducats

5.   What is Bassanio’s occupation?   Idle lord

6.   What are the three caskets made of? 

7.   Antonio says, In truth I know not wny I’m so sad”  to which two characters?

8.   Which two characters are left in charge of Portia’s house when she leaves.

9.   What does Balthasar tell Shylock he must not do when he takes the pound?

10.                  What does the silver casket contain?

THE PLOT

1.   Shylock demands what as repayment for his loan default?

2.   Who stole money from Shylock

3.   What did Shylock’s wfife once give him?

4.   In the court room scene, which is the most important principle concept?

5.   What does Balthazar ask Bassanio for in payment for his services?

6.   What two things does Shylock bring with him to the courtroom?

7.   Why does Antonio find himself without any money to repay Shylock?

8.   Prince of Aragon chooses which casket?

9.   What does Jessica swap her father’s ring for?

10.                Shylock will lend the money, but he refuses to do what with Bassanio and Antonio?

CHARACTERS

1.   Who does Gratiano marry?

2.   What name does Portia call herself in disguise.     

3.   Which main character in the play does not marry at the end.   

4.   What is Shylock’s religion?    

5.   Which character begged to join Bassanio to go to woo Portia?   

6.   Which character loses all of his ships at sea?    

7.   Bassanio compares Portia to what Greek Myth? 

8.   Name the female characters who disguise themselves as men in this play?

9.   How many of Shylock’s ducats did Jessica spend in one night in Genoa.  

10.                Which character is described in the play as a blind fool?    

SHAKESPEARE

1.   What year was Shakespeare born? 1564

2.   What was Shakespeare’s wife’s name?  Ann Hathaway

3.   Who was the Queen when Shakespeare wrote these plays?  Elizabeth

4.   What was the name of the theater Shakespeare built for his plays? Globe

5.   What happened to that first theater?.burned

6.   About how many plays did Shakespeare write?  37

7.   How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?  154

8.   What did Shakespeare bequeath to his wife in his will?  Second best bed

9.   What Star Trek Language has Shakespeare been translated into? Klingon

10.                What year did he die? 1616

Final Jeopardy Quiz

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