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IC/IS CULTURE VIDEO: A NIGHT OUT

Watch the video about Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre and number the sentences in the correct order.
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..... a Sam Wanamaker decided to build a theatre.
..... b The actors built the Globe Theatre.
..... c The first real theatre opened in London.
..... d The modern theatre, Shakespeare’s Globe, opened.
..... e A fire destroyed the Globe.
..... f Sam Wanamaker died.
..... g Shakespeare and some other actors argued with the owners of the theatre.

Tick (✓) the sentences T (true) or F (false).

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T F
1 In 1550, there were theatres in London.
2 Shakespeare worked at the first London theatre.
3 The wood for the first Globe Theatre was from a different theatre.
4 Men and women performed on stage in Shakespeare’s time.
5 Audiences in Shakespeare’s time watched plays quietly.
6 Today’s Globe Theatre looks similar to the original Globe.

EXTRA
Do you think seeing a play at the original Globe Theatre was a good experience?
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Why or why not?

Can you match these phrases from Shakespeare’s plays to their meanings?
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1 lie low 2 forever and a day 3 full circle 4 in my heart of hearts

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..... a for a very long time

..... b I really believe

..... c in my imagination or memory

..... d hide
5 mum’s the word 6 in my mind’s eye

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