127 Discuss the following questions with a partner and share your answers with the class. 1 Do you think going to the theatre is an activity for wealthy people or something everyone can enjoy nowadays? 2 Does going to the theatre in the 1600s sound more fun than it is today? Why?/Why not? 3 Speculate which of today’s ‘low culture’ activities might be considered ‘high culture’ 100 years from now. Also say why this might be the case. SPEAKING 10 workers, these prices were simply unaffordable. Thus, Shakespeare’s plays became exclusive high culture. Shakespeare’s influence on high culture has endured through the ages. For instance, classical music giants Tchaikovsky, Liszt and Chopin all wrote instrumental pieces based on the play Hamlet. At least 25 operas have been inspired by the story. Two of the world-famous poet TS Eliot’s most celebrated poems, The Waste Land and The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, quote Shakespeare’s words directly. Hamlet even gets a mention in A Christmas Carol, written by another iconic figure of English literature, Charles Dickens. This shows that much of what is now considered ‘high’ culture was once ‘low’ culture (or popular culture). Who knows, 100 years from now, maybe the punk movement or reality TV shows will be regarded ‘high’ culture too. 0 How is Shakespeare’s work classified nowadays? high culture 1 Where were theatres located in the 1600s? 2 Where could you see performances before permanent playhouses existed? (Give one answer.) 3 What happened to one theatre in the 17th century? 4 Why did people go to the theatre in the daytime? 5 Who was banned from acting on stage? 6 Why were some people denied certain religious rites? 7 How did playhouses change in later times? 8 Who incorporated text from a play into their own writing? Expand your vocabulary: Antonyms Read the article again and underline 10 words with prefixes that form antonyms. The first one is highlighted in green for you. Make a list of the words and their opposites in your notebook. Example: disapprove(d) – approve(d) LANGUAGE 11 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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