Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan Jizzakh state pedagogical institute English Faculty

Shakespeare Tragedies
Titus Andronicus
11 – The number of tragedies written by Shakespeare, of which Titus Andronicus was the first.
1592/94 – Bubonic plague ravages London between June 1592 and May 1594. It is against this backdrop that Titus Andronicus is thought to have been written sometime during the latter part of 1593.
1594 – The first recorded performance on 23rd January at the Rose. The Rose theatre was the fourth purpose-built public theatre in London, and the only one on Bankside until 1599, when the Globe Theatre was constructed by the Lord Chamberlain’s Men.
480 – 406 BC – The period attributed to the work of Euripides, one of the suggested sources thought to have been drawn upon by Shakespeare whilst writing Titus Andronicus. Other suggested sources of inspiration include Seneca (3 BC- 65 AD), Ovid (43 BC- 17 AD), and also Thomas Kyd (1558-1594 AD).
Romeo and Juliet
1595 – The year it is thought that Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet. However, owing to some uncertainty rather more broadly the period 1591-1596 has also been suggested.
1597 – The year Romeo and Juliet is believed to have been published by John Danter. However, as a notorious pirate John Danter’s version was not an ‘official’ version, and was produced from notes made during the plays performance.
658 – The distance, in miles, between the Curtain Theatre, the site of the first performance of Romeo and Juliet, and Verona, the Italian city in which the play is set.
Shakespeare is thought to have coined many words we use every day, for example ‘inauspicious’, ‘uncomfortable’, ‘ladybird’ and ‘bump’ are all thought to appear in Romeo and Juliet for the first time.
13 – The age of Juliet when she meets and marries Romeo. Curiously, Romeo’s age, on the other hand, is never mentioned.
90% – The extent to which Romeo and Juliet is written in blank verse, with only 10% having been in prose.
1662 – The first women (Mary Saunderson) to play the part of Juliet professionally on the stage. Prior to this women were not allowed to perform in public before the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660.