Shakespeare Quiz
Come "Hob Nob" (where did that come from?) with Shakespeare! (from Twelfth Night, of course!)
Do you have a "spotless reputation" (Richard III) when it comes to Shakespeare's works, Shakespeare quotes, and Shakespeare trivia? Well, "suit the action to the word!" (Hamlet) "Let slip the dogs of war" (Julius Caesar) and take up the challenge! You may be certain that "to be or not to be" (Hamlet, of course) will certainly NOT be one of these questions! "Though this be madness, yet there is method in't!" (so sayth Hamlet)

Richard III-Shakespeares Villain Or Historys Victim?
Did The Real Richard III Resemble Shakespeare's Monstrous Creation?
It's been said that history is written by the victors. Nowhere are those words more true than in the case of England's King Richard III. Who were the victors? None other than the Tudors, who ruled England from 1485-1603. Who were the writers? Two of the earliest were Sir Thomas More and William Shakespeare. It should be noted that both lived in Tudor times when it was considered prudent to flatter the current occupant of the throne. More rose to the position of Lord Chancellor of England u...

Shakespeare's Theatre: The Globe
The Birth of the Globe
In the latter part of the 1570s, Shakespeare's theatrical troupe, The Lord Chamberlain's Men performed plays in London's theatrical district, just north of the old London city wall on Bishopsgate, near the Bedlam Insane Asylum. The Theatre -- that is, the building --was built in 1576 by James Burbage and was owned by Lord Chamberlain's Men; but they leased the land on which The Theatre stood, which was owned by a man named Guiles Allen. In 1597, The Lord Chamberlain's Men were about to lose...

Theatre in the Days of Shakespeare
"All the World's a Stage ..."
In the days of Shakespeare, the generic term for a theatre where plays were performed was "playhouse." The world of entertainment was undergoing a transition in the mid-16th century. By the 1570s, the play had become, as Shakespeare most aptly said it, "the thing." Prior to the existence of the London theatre district, "morality plays," "interludes," puppet shows and wandering minstrels were performed in the courtyards of inns in London on temporary stages (known as "inn-yards") and in the p...