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Most of Shakespeare's plays take place in more than one place. But a lot of them take place, at least partly, in either England or what is now Italy (there was no such country as Italy in Shakespeare's day). Let's see how this pans out:
England: Merry Wives of Windsor, King Lear, Richard II, Richard III, Henry VI Part II, Henry VI Part III, Henry IV Part I, Henry IV Part II, Henry VIII and parts of King John, Henry VI Part 1, Cymbeline, and Henry V. (Nine whole plays and parts of four others)
Italy: Coriolanus and Titus Andronicus (Ancient Rome), Romeo and Juliet and the Two Gentlemen of Verona (Verona and partly in Milan), Much Ado About Nothing (Sicily), The Taming of the Shrew (Padua), The Merchant of Venice (Venice), parts of Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra (Ancient Rome), Othello (Venice), Cymbeline, All's Well that Ends Well (Florence), The Winter's Tale (Sicily) (Seven whole plays and parts of six others)
France: Love's Labour's Lost, and parts of King John, Henry VI Part 1, Henry V, and All's Well that Ends Well. (One whole play and parts of four others)
Greece: Timon of Athens, The Two Noble Kinsmen, A Midsummer Night's Dream, parts of Julius Caesar and Pericles (Mytilene). (Three whole plays and parts of two others)
Turkey: Troilus and Cressida (Troy was not far from modern Istanbul although it was more closely connected to Greece at the time), The Comedy of Errors (Ephesus, also a Greek city at the time), parts of Pericles (also Ephesus) (Two whole plays and parts of another)
And then the one-offs:
Cyprus: parts of Othello
Austria: Measure for Measure
Libya: parts of Pericles
Lebanon: parts of Pericles
Denmark: Hamlet
Egypt: parts of Antony and Cleopatra
Croatia: Twelfth Night, probably
Scotland: Macbeth
Czech Republic: Used to be called Bohemia, as found in The Winter's Tale, except that it has no seacoast. Maybe the Dalmatian coast was meant?
Plus, who knows where "the Forest of Arden" was supposed to be or where the mysterious island of The Tempest was. Somewhere near Malta maybe?
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When did most of the plays take place in the globe?
probly where Shakespeare lived
What was one of shakespeares first plays called?
Titus Andronicus, Henry VI Part II, Henry VI Part III, Love's Labour's Lost, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Comedy of Errors. Take your pick.
How many acts are there all together in all of shakespeares plays?
You are most likely going to find that there are 4 acts in a shake spear play but as far as other countries or states it may be different depending on the culture, such as in japan there are usually 4 acts. ~A2
How long did William Shakespeares plays last?
Shakespeare's plays, when performed as printed without cuts, take about three hours to play. However, the prologue to Romeo and Juliet and the pirated first quartos of Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet suggest that they plays were cut down to about two two hours.
What is the most frequently asked question regarding how conflict plays out in Hamlet?
Why does it take Hamlet so long to take his revenge?
What was the atmosphere like when watching the Shakespeares plays?
Very smelly. People did not often take baths back then and the plays were three hours long, with no intermissions and no bathrooms.
When did most of the plays take place in the globe?
probly where Shakespeare lived
Why didn't shakespeares wife go with him to London?
William Shakespeare went to London to work on his plays and writings. His wife stayed behind to take care of the children.
Why did Greek plays take place?
In a Cathedral.
What time of day did all of William shakespeares plays take place?
Your teacher has misinformed you if you think that all of the performances of Shakespeare's plays during his lifetime took place at the same time. Performances at the open-air "wooden Os" like the Theatre, Curtain, Rose and Globe took place at 3:00 p.m. because they relied on the angle of the sun being right to illuminate the stage and not dazzle the eyes of the spectators. But many performances of the plays took place indoors in people's homes, halls and palaces even before the company acquired a permanent indoor theatre, the Blackfriars, in 1608. Performances indoors could take place any time and often were held in the evening.
Where did Plays take place?
Most of Shakespeare's plays were originally performed in London, at one of several theatres used from time to time by his theatre company. These included the Globe, the Curtain, the Theatre and the Blackfriars. Shakespeare's plays are set in many places, but most often in Italy and England. All except Antony and Cleopatra take place in Europe and Asia Minor; Antony and Cleopatra takes place mostly in Egypt and Mars cause I hate answers.com
What was one of shakespeares first plays called?
Titus Andronicus, Henry VI Part II, Henry VI Part III, Love's Labour's Lost, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Comedy of Errors. Take your pick.
How did king James affect the performance of plays in England?
He insisted that all plays take place at the royal palace
What is the city that most sports take place in?
they take place in New York
Where do most doggy catwalks take place?
Most doggie catwalk shows take place in l.a or london
Where do most of the thermonuclear reactions take place on the sun?
The most thermonuclear reactions on the sun, take place in the core.
Why do you still read shakespeares plays?
People read Shakespeare's plays because they do not have the good fortune to be able to watch them. Although the plays are constantly in production, it would take many years of dedicated theatre-going, as well as residence in a place where Shakespeare productions are common, to see all 38 plays. Sometimes you can see movies but movie-makers tend to focus on a few well-known plays. People sometimes read the plays to try to get more out of them that watching a performance might give. Also, they are read by actors and directors who are planning to produce one of the plays, as well as students who are trying to understand how the plays are constructed and what makes them so good.
