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    Shakespeare's plays are so famous and so loved that they are even still being acted out and made into all kinds of books and movies hundreds of years after they were conceived. One of Shakespeare's most famous plays is macbeth, which is about the character Macbeth and how he brings himself down with his own ambition.

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    Shakespeare's plays are so famous and so loved that they are even still being acted out and made into all kinds of books and movies hundreds of years after they were conceived. One of Shakespeare's most famous plays is macbeth, which is about the character Macbeth and how he brings himself down with his own ambition.

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    McDarrah1

    TheaMcDarrah
    OConnor
    HonorsEnglish9
    3June2016
    ShakespeareResearch

    OneofthethingsWilliamShakespeareismostfamousforarehisplays.Hewrote37
    playsinall.Outofthose37,therewere17comedies,tenHistories,andtentragedies.Thereare
    supposedlytwomoreplayshewrote.Onewascalled
    Cardenio
    andtheother
    Love'sLabour's
    Won.
    Shakespearesplaysaresofamousandsolovedthattheyareevenstillbeingactedoutand
    madeintoallkindsofbooksandmovieshundredsofyearsaftertheywereconceived.
    OneofShakespearesmostworldrenownedplaysis
    Macbeth
    .
    Macbeth
    isoneof
    Shakespearesmostintenseplays.Despitethis,itisalsooneoftheshortest.
    Macbeth
    isofcourse
    aboutMacbethhimselfandhowhebringshimselfdownwithhisownambition.
    Macbeth
    was
    firstperformedaround1605or1606.Itwasperformedatthe
    HamptonCourtPalaceforJamesI
    andhisguests.LikemanyotherShakespeareplays,
    Macbeth
    wasbasedonfactandwasnotan
    originalidea.
    AnotheroneofShakespearesmostfamousplaysis
    RomeoandJuliet
    .
    RomeoandJuliet
    ismostlikelyhismostfamousplay.Itisabouttwostarcrossedloverswhoendupdieingfor
    eachotherintheend.Itisdefinitelyatragedy.
    RomeoandJuliet
    hasbeenactedoutandretold
    andremadeintootherbooks,plays,andmovieshundredsifnotthousandsoftimes.
    Romeoand
    Juliet,
    unlike
    Macbeth
    wasanoriginalplaythoughtofbyShakespearehimself.

    McDarrah2

    Shakespearesplayswereperformedandactedoutformanypeopleinmanyplaces.One
    ofthemostfamousstagesthoughwastheGlobe.TheGlobefirstopenedin1599andwas
    locatedjustoutsideofLondon.OneuniquethingabouttheGlobeisthatithadnosolidceiling.
    Thiswassonaturallightcouldflowinandilluminatethestageduringmiddayplaysand
    performances.Theroofwasnotcompletelyopenthough,thetopofthestagewascoveredina
    clothcanopythatwasreferredtoasheaven.Therewasalsoatrapdoorinthefloorreferredtoas
    hell.Thetrapdoorwasusedmostlyforstagebusiness.Forexample,inthefamousplay
    Hamlet,
    theghostcouldhaveenteredandexitedthroughthatdoor.Anotherpopulartheatrethattheplays
    wereactedoutatwastheBlackfriarsTheatre
    .The
    BlackfriarsTheatrehowever,wasanindoor
    theatreunliketheGlobe.Therefore,playsthattookplaceduringthewinterwereactedoutatthe
    BlackfriarsTheatreandinthesummerthemenactedattheGlobe.
    WhenShakespearewasstillaliveandhisplayswerefirstbeingperformed,allofthe
    actorsweremenandboys.Eventhefemalepartswereactedoutbymen.Thesemenwere
    usuallyapartof
    LordChamberlain'sMenand/ortheKing'sMen.Onstagetheactorsoftenhad
    tobeverytalentedandablepeople.Forexampletheysangsongs,playedinstruments,did
    elaboratedancesthatwerepopularatthetime,andevenperformedlivefencing.Forcostumes
    insteadofbeinghistoricallyaccurate,theyworefancyandelaborateoutfits.Occasionally,
    dependingontheplaytheywouldhaveoutfitsfitforthesettingbutitwasusuallyjustfancy
    dressesandgowns.Actorsoftenworesecondhandoutfitsthatwerepreviouslywornbyactual
    nobles.TherewasbarelyanysceneryusedforShakespearesplays.Theonlythingstheyhad
    werethingsthatwentalongwiththestorylineoftheplay.Thisincludedthingslikebeds,graves,
    andthrones.

    McDarrah3

    WorksCited:

    http://absoluteshakespeare.com/plays/plays.htm

    "Shakespeare'sPlays."
    ShakespearePlaysat
    AbsoluteShakespeare.com
    .N.p.,n.d.Web.03June2016.

    http://www.folger.edu/shakespearestheater

    "Shakespeare'sTheater."
    FolgerShakespeareLibrary
    .
    N.p.,15Dec.2014.Web.03June2016.

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