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The first question concerns an event that happened on May 20th and, like the others, is connected to ‘Shakespeare’.
One
On this day, Shakespeare’s sonnets were first published. In what town or city, and in which century, was this?
Two
Who portrayed Elizabeth I in the 1998 film Shakespeare in Love?
Three
Falstaff is a comic opera in three acts by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian-language libretto was adapted by Arrigo Boito from the play … and scenes from Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2, by William Shakespeare.
This quote from the text of the Wikipedia article about Verdi’s Falstaff has had a Shakespeare play removed from it. What play?
Four
In Julie Taymor’s 2010 film adaptation of which Shakespeare play did Helen Mirren play Prospera, Duchess of Milan?
Five
The port-city of Messina is the setting for a Shakespeare comedy. What comedy, and on what island is the port-city of Messina?
Good luck! I’ll post the answers later.
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