William Shakespeare

By: Nadia, Salia, Cheyenne

Early Life

• William Shakespeare was baptized at Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 26, 1564.

• William was the third child of John Shakespeare and Mary Arden.

Education

• He most likely attended the King’s New School, in Stratford, which taught reading, writing and the classics.

• Shakespeare most likely began his education at the age of six or seven at the Stratford grammar school

• They have no record of Shakespeare attending the school

End Of Life

• Shakespeare died on April 23 year 1616, in his house

• Though many scholars believe this is a myth most think that he died on his birthday

• In his will, he left the most of his possessions to his eldest

daughter, Susanna.

Major Works

• By 1592, William Shakespeare earned a living as an actor and a playwright in London and had several plays produced

• By the early 1590s, William Shakespeare was a managing partner in the Lord Chamberlain's Men

• In William Shakespeare's final period, he wrote several tragicomedies

5 Interesting Facts

• William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway on November 28, 1582 in Worcester

• By 1597, 15 of the 37 plays written by William Shakespeare were published

• William Shakespeare and his business partners built their own theater near the Thames River

• William Shakespeare wrote the plays Hamlet, King Lear, Othello, Macbeth and many more

• William Shakespeare's first plays were mostly histories written in the early 1590s.

Bibliography

• http://www.shakespeare-online.com/biography/shakespeareeducation.html

• http://www.biography.com/people/william-shakespeare-9480323