Monday, November 17, 2008 Welcome to class! Please be seated and begin working
on your pop quiz. When you are done with your quiz, take out your homework (the vocabulary worksheet), and place it on your desk. Please remain quiet until everybody is finished with the quiz.
Plot Pyramid Romeo and Juliet
Plot Pyramid Act III: Crisis or Turning Point Tybalt kills Mercutio; Romeo kills Tybalt; Prince banishes Romeo from Verona; Capulet will allow Paris to marry Juliet; Romeo and Juliet spend night together; Juliet refuses Act II: Rising Action Balcony scene: Romeo and Juliet promise to marry; Friar lawrence helps Romeo plan a secret wedding; nurse tells Juliet about the plan; Romeo Act I: Exposition Street fighting between Capulets and Montagues; Romeo loves Rosaline; Juliet to marry Paris; Romeo and Juliet meet at party and fall
Act IV: Falling Action Juliet and Friar Lawrence come up with a plan for Juliet to escape marriage to Paris; Juliet tells Capulet she will not marry Paris; Juliet drinks poison on her wedding night; nurse finds Juliet “dead” Act V: Final Climax/Resolution Romeo learns Juliet is dead; Friar Lawrence finds out Romeo never got word of the plan; Romeo kills Paris at Juliet’s tomb, then kills himself with poison; Juliet wakes up and stabs herself; families end
Royal Shakespeare Company www.rsc.org/uk
Royal Shakespeare Company I chose this festival because it’s the most world-famous Shakespeare festival. Originally located at the birthplace of Shakespeare, Stratford Upon Avon, this festival began in 1875.
Royal Shakespeare Company The Royal Shakespeare Company now has three locations: Stratford Newcastle London
The Royal Shakespeare Company also goes on tour, taking Shakespeare on the road.
Royal Shakespeare Company: As You Like It The Comedy of Errors The Cordelia Dream Don John The Drunks The Grain Store Hamlet Julius Caesar
Love’s Labour’s Lost A Midsummer Night’s
Dream Othello Romeo and Juliet The Taming of the Shrew The Tempest
Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet This is one of four plays that runs continuously throughout the year, not just one season at a time.
Photos From the Plays
Ticket Prices The lowest ticket
The highest ticket
price for the Royal price for the Royal Shakespeare Shakespeare Company is 5 pounds. Company is 42 pounds. In American dollars In American dollars that’s $7.50. that’s $63.
People Can Donate Money By Making: Individual Donations
Corporate Donations
Artist’s Circle Shakespeare’s
Corporate
Circle
Memberships Performance Partners
Workshops and Events Stand Up for Shakespeare: It’s a campaign to ensure that children and young people have a positive experience of Shakespeare in schools. During one week in January, schools across the country will be exploring what Shakespeare means to them and debating why we still study Shakespeare.
The End
By Mrs. Kate Ramey