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William Shakespeare

Jennifer Bassett

actor

a person who acts in plays in a theatre

actor

argue

to say that something is wrong or not true
when you don’t agree with it

discutir, pelearse

beer

a strong, brown-coloured drink

cerveza

believe

to think that something is right or true

creer

company
(of players)

a group of actors who work together

compañía de teatro

costume

the special clothes that an actor wears

(teatro, etc.) traje,
vestuario

council

a group of people who govern a town
or city

consejo municipal

court

the place where the king or queen and
their followers meet

corte

cruel

very, very unkind

cruel

Earl

a man from an important family

conde

fever

an illness when the body gets very hot

fiebre

freeze (past
tense froze)

to get very cold (e.g. when water changes
to ice)

helarse

ghost

a dead person that living people think
they can see

fantasma

glove

a cover for the hand

guante

grief

great sadness

pena, pesar

ice

water that is hard because it is very cold

hielo

inn

a house where people can buy food and
drink, and sometimes stay the night

hostal, taberna

joke

something that somebody says to make
other people laugh

broma, chiste

lady

a woman

señora

landlord

a man who has an inn

propietari de un
establecimiento

Latin

the language of ancient Rome
(now the capital of Italy)

latín

lodgings

rooms in a family house where you pay
to live

alojamiento (con
una familia, etc.)

lord

a man from an important family

lord (título
nobiliario)

magic

when strange and wonderful things
happen

magia

palace

a large and beautiful house, usually
for a king or queen

palacio

part

a person in a play, e.g. He played the part
of Romeo

papel (en una obra
de teatro, etc.)

plague

an illness in Shakespeare’s time which
killed people very quickly

peste

play (v)

to act a part in a play in the theatre

actuar (en una
obra)

playwright

a person who writes plays

dramaturgo

poetry

pieces of writing in very beautiful
language

poesía

poet

a person who writes poetry

poeta

properties

(in a theatre) the things which are needed
on stage for a play, e.g. chairs, tables,
boxes, bags, plates, a tree

accesorios,
attrezzo

Puritans

some people in the Church of England in
Shakespeare’s time, who thought it was
wicked for people to enjoy themselves

puritanos

rehearsal

when actors practise a play before they
act in front of other people

ensayo

sad

unhappy

triste, infeliz

serious

not laughing or playing or joking

serio

shilling

a coin in old English money
(about 5p today)

chelín

sonnet

a poem of fourteen lines

soneto

stage

the part of a theatre where actors stand
and move

escenario

success

something that is popular and pleases
people

éxito

tour (to go
on tour)

to travel round the country and put on
a play in different places

ir de gira

twins

two children born from the same mother
at the same time

gemelos

uncle

the brother of your father or mother

tío

war

fighting between countries

guerra

wicked

very bad or wrong

malvado

wig

hair which is not real

peluca

worried

feeling that something is wrong or will
be wrong

preocupado