FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Many of Shakespeare’s plays were first performed at the Globe, although his plays were performed at other theatres and many playwrights wrote for the Globe.
Detailed explanation-2: -Shakespeare’s plays that were performed there early on included: Henry V, Julius Caesar, As You Like It, Hamlet, Measure for Measure, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, and Antony and Cleopatra.
Detailed explanation-3: -HISTORY. We think that the first Shakespeare play to be performed at the original Globe was Julius Caesar, in 1599.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 at Southwark, close to the south bank of the Thames, by Shakespeare’s playing company, the Lord Chamberlain’s Men. It was destroyed by fire on 29 June 1613.
Detailed explanation-5: -Plays performed at the Globe Theatre were divided into three types-Histories, Comedies and Tragedies. The First Folio was a collection of 36 plays by William Shakespeare.