№4. Complete the text by filling the correct words in the gaps.
Comedies member performances
Sonnets dramas middle class
Profits tragedies mayor
Playwrights scripts writer
William Shakespeare was one of the world’s greatest 1)__________. He
lived in England during the second half of the 16th century and the early part
of the 17th century. William grew up in Stratford-upon-Avon, a town where
his father had been 2)__________. His family was 3)__________ and young
William attended a grammar school in Stratford.
Later on Shakespeare went to London to find a job as an actor and
4)__________. It was very difficult because only the best were able to work
there. Between 1592 and 1594, Shakespeare wrote mainly 5)__________ and
poems. All theatres were closed because of the Black Death, which killed millions
of people.
When theatres opened up again he became a 6)__________ of Lord Chamberlain’s
Men, the best acting company in the country. The plays were performed
in the Globe, a round theatre without a roof. The actors and writers owned the
theatre. They bought the costumes and wrote their own 7)__________ . They
also shared their 8)__________.
Plays started in the early afternoon. People who didn’t have money to
buy a seat were allowed to stand in the front. Sometimes there were special
9)__________ for kings and queens.
Shakespeare wrote three types of plays. 10)_________ show the downfall
of one of the characters. 11)_________ are funny plays that have happy endings
and historical plays are 12)________ about the lives of famous English
kings.
In 1610 William retired from the theatre and went back to his home town
Stratford. He died there in 1616.

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