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2. WHEN DID SHAKESPEARE LIVE?
▪ William Shakespeare was born in 1564.He grew
up in the Tudor era ; it was said he was alive in
very exciting times, he lived to see the Spanish
Armada sail and attack Britain and also he lived
to see1605 the year when Guy Fawkes had
these plans and plots and started using
gunpowder. Another thing is that, he got to
live to see the coronation of King James I in
1603.

3. WHO WAS KING OR QUEEN THEN?
▪ Because it was in the Elizabethan times it was Queen
Elizabeth I who was on the throne in that period of time.
She was the last monarch of the Tudor era she was born
on September 7 1533. She was daughter to Henry VII and
his second wife (Anne Boleyn who was eventually
beheaded).She was on the throne for 45 years many say
that 45 years was a golden age in English history.

4. WHAT SORT OF CLOTHES DID PEOPLE WEAR?
▪ During the times that William
Shakespeare was alive, people
wore Elizabethan clothes. There
were laws that determined the
type of clothes people could and
couldn’t wear. The material of
their clothing was even dictated
by there wealth and status.
▪

5. WHAT DID PEOPLE DO FOR FUN IN THOSE
DAYS?
▪ People in the Elizabethan times were never really bored
because they had loads of entertainment such as: plays in
theatre, sports, tournaments, games ,gambling ,hunting
also there were fairs, festivals, banquets and feasts.
Elizabethan Entertainment was important to people who
lived in the Elizabethan era because their lives were hard
due to of the outbreaks of the plague and people didn’t
really live long. Elizabethan entertainment was popular
whenever there was something to celebrate! A wedding,
victories and festivals.

6. DID PEOPLE LIVE TO AN OLD
AGE?
Because there was a plague going round and loads of people caught it
and millions died and didn’t live a long life. It spread easily in London
because rubbish was just thrown out into the streets and then left in
huge rotting piles where the black rats liked to breed. In May, 43
people were recorded as having died from the plague – by the time
summer arrived and the weather became hotter this number increased
rapidly to 16,229 deaths in August and then 26,219 in September.
Many rich people, including the king and his men, left London to
escape the plague. Shops were shut and streets were deserted.

7. DID PEOPLE LIVE TO AN OLD
AGE?
Because there was a plague going round and loads of people caught it
and millions died and didn’t live a long life. It spread easily in London
because rubbish was just thrown out into the streets and then left in
huge rotting piles where the black rats liked to breed. In May, 43
people were recorded as having died from the plague – by the time
summer arrived and the weather became hotter this number increased
rapidly to 16,229 deaths in August and then 26,219 in September.
Many rich people, including the king and his men, left London to
escape the plague. Shops were shut and streets were deserted.