... the theaters reopened with the passing of the plague that had closed them for 21 months. In December of 1594 his play The Comedy of Errors was performed in London during the Christmas revels at Gray's Inn, one of the London law schools. In March of the following year he received payment for two plays that had been performed during the Christmas holidays at the court of Queen Elizabeth I by his theatrical company, known as the Lord ... "second-best bed with the furniture [linens],"" although customary practice allowed a widow one-third of the estate. Shakespeare also left money for "the p...

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... , Egeus, enters with his daughter Hermia and two young men, Lysander and Demetrius. Egeus declares that he is "full of vexation- because Hermia loves Lysander - accusing the young man of having "bewitched the bosom of my child- with "rhymes- and "love-tokens,"" not to mention "bracelets of hair, rings, gauds, conceits/ Knacks, trifles, nosegays, sweetmeats. . .""(apparently, Lysander has been busy!) Egeus wants his daughter to forget ... to prove Puck's story right - as Oberon says, the two are "Ill met by moonlight."" Titania at first won't even stop to speak to Oberon, declaring that s...

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• Grade Level: High School