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For all his fame and celebration, William Shakespeare remains a mysterious figure with regards to personal history. There are just two primary sources for information on the Bard: his works, and various legal and church documents that have survived from Elizabethan times. Naturally, there are many gaps in this body of information, which tells us little about Shakespeare the man.
William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, allegedly on April 23, Church records from Holy Trinity Church indicate that he was baptized there on April 26, Young William was born of John Shakespeare, a glover and leather merchant, and Mary Arden, a landed local heiress. William, according to the church register, was the third of eight children in the Shakespeare household&#;three of whom died in childhood. John Shakespeare had a remarkable run of success as a merchant, alderman, and high bailiff of Stratford, during William's early childhood. His fortunes declined, however, in the late s.
There is great conjecture about Shakespeare's childhood years, especially regarding his education. Scholars surm
Biography William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare William Shakespeare The Chandos portrait, artist and authenticity unconfirmed. Courtesy of National Portrait Gallery, London. Born Baptised 26 April (birth date unknown) Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, West Midlands, England Died 23 April (aged 52) Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England Occupation Playwright, poet, actor Period English Renaissance, Elizabethan Era Spouse Anne Hathaway (m. –) Children Susanna Hall Hamnet Shakespeare Judith Quiney Signature William Shakespeare (/ˈʃeɪkspɪər/;[1] 26 April (baptised) – 23 April )[nb 1] was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.[2] He is often called England's national poet, and the "Bard of Avon".[3][nb 2] His extant works, including collaborations, consist of approximately 38 plays,[nb 3] sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.[4] Shakespeare was born and brought up in Stratford-
William Shakespeare (). English poet and playwright &#; Shakespeare is widely considered to be the greatest writer in the English language. He wrote 38 plays and sonnets.
Short bio of William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon on 23rd April
His father William was a successful local businessman, and his mother Mary was the daughter of a landowner. Relatively prosperous, it is likely the family paid for Williams education, although there is no evidence he attended university.
In William, aged only 18, married an older woman named Anne Hathaway. They had three children, Susanna, Hamnet and Juliet. Their only son Hamnet died aged just
After his marriage, information about the life of Shakespeare is sketchy, but it seems he spent most of his time in London &#; writing and acting in his plays.
Due to some well-timed investments, Shakespeare was able to secure a firm financial background, leaving time for writing and acting. The best of these investments was buying some real estate near Stratford in , which soon doubled in value.
It seemed Shakespeare didn’t mind being absent from his family &#; he only returned home during Lent when all the the
Play Productions:
- Henry VI, part 1, London, unknown theater (perhaps by a branch of the Queen's Men), circa
- Henry VI, part 2, London, unknown theater (perhaps by a branch of the Queen's Men), circa
- Henry VI, part 3, London, unknown theater (perhaps by a branch of the Queen's Men), circa
- Richard III, London, unknown theater (perhaps by a branch of the Queen's Men), circa
- The Comedy of Errors, London, unknown theater (probably by Lord Strange's Men), circa ; London, Gray's Inn, 28 December
- Titus Andronicus, London, Rose or Newington Butts theater, 24 January
- The Taming of the Shrew, London, Newington Butts theater, 11 June
- The Two Gentlemen of Verona, London, Newington Butts theater or the Theatre,
- Love's Labor's Lost, perhaps at the country house of a great lord, such as the Earl of Southampton, circa ; London, at Court, Christmas
- Sir Thomas More, probably by Anthony Munday, revised by Thomas Dekker, Henry Chettle, Shakespeare, and possibly Thomas Heywood, evidently never produced, circa
- King John, London, the Theatre, circa
- Richard II, London, the Theatre, circa
- Romeo and Juliet, London, the Theatre, circa
- A Midsummer Night'
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