“Kings and Queens”

Shakespeare’s plays– comedy, history, and tragedy– include many kings and queens among their principal roles.  The following lists contain the names of several of these ruling characters.  Connect the king and queen that compose each royal couple.  Extra Credit:  Name the plays in whcih these royal couples appear. 

1.  Henry VI
2. Henry VIII
3.  Richard III
4.  Leontes
5.  Charles VI
6. Claudius

a.  Anne Bullen
b. Isabel
c. Margaret
d. Anne
e.  Gertrude
f.  Hermione

 

 

 

ANSWERS:

1. C    Henry VI marries Margaret in 1 Henry VI, and they both appear in the other two parts of the Henrvy VI trilogy. (Margaret is a widow in Richard III)

2. A   Henry VIII divorces Katherine to marry her maid of honor, Anne Bullen, in Henry VIII. (Also spelled Boleyn, she was the mother of Queen Elizabeth I). 

3. D   Anne, the widowed daugher-in-law of Henry VI, is wooed and won by the title character of Richard III.

4. F  In The Winter’s Tale, Hermione is the Queen to Leontes, the King of Sicilia.

5.  B  Charles VI, King of France in Henry V, is married to Isabel.

6.  E  Hamlet presents the royal couple of Claudius and Gertrude (although the name of Claudius is never spoken aloud in the play).