4th+Period+-+Shakespeare

=4th Period - Shakespeare= By: Rachel Y.

Date of birth: 1564

Location of birth: Stratford-upon-avon

Parents’ names: John and Mary Shakespeare

Family background: His mother came from a farm. Shakespeare has seven brothers and sisters. Their names are Gilber, Joan, Richard, Anne, Elmund, and the other two twins died. His parents married around 1557. Shakespeare is third out of eight children. His dad was a glove maker and owned his own shop in Stratford.



Date of death:1616



Location of death/grave: Holy Trinity Church

Education: He went to a grammar school to study Latin, Greek and many other subjects. Will spent a majority of his day reading. Girls didn't go to school then so all of his classmates were boys. He went to Stratford school at age seven.

Career: He has always been a poet, writer, and he loves romance. After he got to London he worked for a repertory company. The company makes up permanent actors who learn a variety of plays each week. He made his poem in 1593 and it was printed by Richard Feild, who was a neighbor of Shakespeare in his home town.

Legacy: Shakespeare is famous for the plays that he wrote. He wrote at least 37 plays. He wrote plays about action, poetry, tension, love, death, fun, music, dance, war, rebillion, conspiracy, betrayl, politics, and alot more. He's plays were All's Well That End's Well, Antony And Cleopatra, As You Like It, The Comedy Of Errors, Coriolanus, Cymbeline, Hamlet, Henry IV Part One And Two, Henry V, Henry VI Part One And Two, Henry VII, Julius Ceasar, King John, King Lear, Loves Labour's Lost's, Macbeth, Measure For Measures, The Merchant Of Venice, The Merry Wives Of Windsor, A Midsummers Night Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Othello, Perciles, Richard II And III, Romeo And Juliet, Taming Of The Shrew, The Tempest Man Of Athens, Titus Androcicus, Trolius And Cressida, Twelfth Night,The Two Gentlemen Of Veron, and The Winters Tales.



Additional/Interesting information: Will was married to Anne Hathaway at age 18. Anne Hathaway was eight years older than Will. They had three children two of which were twins, Hanlet and Judith, and there was Susanna. He was one of the best writers ever. His church and English school was made of limestone. He spent most of his time working in the theater of London. They celebrate and honor Shakespeare on April twenty-third. In 1599 he became a part owner of the Globe an outdoor theater in London.



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