Shakespeare was a member of a theatre company called the Lord Chamberlain’s Men. He was their chief playwright, writing about two plays per year, and he also appeared as an actor. Shakespeare was also a shareholder in the acting company.
As only men were allowed to act onstage, all theatre companies were made up of men, with a few boys aged 8 – 12 who played the female parts.
In 1597 the theatre company’s lease on the theatre they were using ran out. Their landlord wanted to pull down the theatre and use the timber for something else! So what they did was this: they gathered together in the middle of the night, dismantled the theatre piece by piece, and transported the timber across the Thames River, where they rebuilt the theatre south of the river.
The new theatre was called the Globe; it had twenty short sides so it formed a circle. It could seat 3,000 people. Shakespeare also owned a share in the new theatre.
The theatre was attended by everyone, rich and poor. It was one of the few places where everyone could meet on equal terms.
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Blackbeard was a famous pirate of the eighteenth century. Born in England, he was said to have had 14 wives, and many names, including: Drummond, Thatch, Tash, and (officially) Edward Teach.
Infamous for his brutality, he encouraged his evil reputation in order to make his victims fear him.
Whenever he went into battle, Blackbeard stuck smouldering fuses under his hat so that he appeared in a thick cloud of black smoke.
He carried on him six pistols, each of which could only fire one shot at a time.
Blackbeard was greatly feared in Charleston, South Carolina. In 1718 he blockaded the harbour. He then ransomed one of the town’s council, and his four-year-old child, in exchange for a chest of medicines.
Blackbeard’s reign of terror only lasted two years. The British navy cornered him at Ocracoke inlet in 1718 where he was slain in a famous duel with Lieutenant Maynard. Blackbeard received 25 wounds, five of them gunshots. Blackbeard’s head was then hung from the bowsprit of the HMS Pearl ship.
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