Shakespeare Questions 1. What are the principal sources of our knowledge of his life? There are a lot written about him, since there are too much different facts, we don't know which is correct. 2. What is known of Shakespeare father? His mother? his fathers name was John Shakespeare. He was a glove maker a shop keeper and a bailiff. 3. Mention the dates and places of Shakespeare's birth and death. he died in Stratford on April 23 1616 and …showed first 75 words of 681 total…

…showed last 75 words of 681 total…plays were published. There were thirty six plays in the folio 25. Who were the groundlings? Other name? People who paid only a penny and stood through the play. Their other name was Penny Scrapers. 26. What did a green, white, black and no flag flying mean? Green-history White- comedy Black-tragedy No flag- no play 27. What disease swept London and where did it come from? The Black plague struck London and it came from the trading ships.