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What country did William Shakespeare write his plays?
Shakespeare wrote all his plays in England. They are not all set in England, though.
Why were many of Shakespeare's plays set in Italy?
because he wanted them to be
How did William Shakespeare make a cannon?
He didn't. He wasn't in the business of casting metal. The partners at the Globe did purchase a cannon to make sound effects, but unfortunately it also set fire to the theatre. Or do you mean canon? Shakespeare didn't really make one of those either--it is scholars who have decided which of the plays are legitimate Shakespeare plays.
What country did shakespeare write most of his plays in?
Shakespeare wrote all of his plays in England, since he lived his entire life there. He also set more of his plays in England than anywhere else.
Were all Shakespeare's plays british?
Yes, they were done in English but they were set all over the world. No Shakespeare's was English and lived in England, so all his plays was English
Which of Shakespeare's plays is set on the street in Rome?
Coriolanus, Titus Andronicus and Julius Caesar all have scenes set in Roman streets.
Why did Shakespeare's plays appeal to everyone?
Shakespeare's plays appeal to us because the language he used and the way he wrote was full of techniques and meaning. He used Greek mythology and the Elizabethan ages to set his stories.
What was the form of music Shakespeare used in his plays?
The plays contain songs as well as stage directions for trumpet or oboe flourishes and the like. Although Shakespeare wrote song lyrics, he did not set them to music. He was not a musician.
What type of armor was used during Shakespeares time?
Armour was rapidly becoming obsolete during Shakespeare's lifetime, since it gave no protection against musket or cannon fire. Cavalry still wore breastplates, and helmets - as did pikemen quite often. There are many English Civil War websites which will give you an idea of what armour was worn just after Shakespeare's time. But none of this is very relevant to Shakespeare, since only one of his plays is set in his own period. Henry VIII is set in the period of Shakespeare's grandparents; but nearly all his other plays are set 'once upon a time, in a land far away'.
Where were Shakespeare's plays set?
In the world that he knew of: this included Scotland, Italy and Denmark amongst other countries.
Whose work did shakespeare get most of his information from?
Shakespeare's favourite source was Holinshed's histories of Britain, a huge and daunting work. This was Shakespeare's main source for all of his history plays, the plays set in ancient Britain, and for Macbeth, since Holinshed also covers Scottish history. Another favourite source was Plutarch's Lives of the Greeks and Romans, which Shakespeare used as a source for his Roman plays.
Did people speak in the way they did in shakespeares plays?
Just actors. Most of Shakespeare's plays are in verse--they have a rigid rhythm to them. Some of the lines even rhyme. None of this is the way people really talked. Sometimes Shakespeare's characters speak in prose, without a set rhythm, which is closer to natural speech. Yet even so, when Shakespeare's lines are compared with those of some of his contemporaries, who tried harder to imitate the way people really talked, the difference is clear. Shakespeare's characters are much easier to understand for us because he does not use slang idioms.
