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William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare
Thalina S. & Nadine M.
General fact‘sGeneral fact‘so * 23rd of April, 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon
o † 23rd of April, 1616 in Stratford-upon-Avon
o Had 8 brothers and sisters
o Married Anne Hathaway in 1582
o 3 children: Susannah, 1583 Hamnet & Judith (twins), 1585
Life & workLife & work
First playwright: “The attack” by Robert Greene,
1592
First published play: “Henry VI, Part 2”
37 plays in total
Sorts of poems: sonnets, narrative poems
Worked at the “Globe Theatre” in London
Appeared in public in 1893 with “Venus and
Adonis”
Became proprietor of “the Globe”
Shakespeare and the Shakespeare and the Globe Globe Constructed in
1599Stood next to
“The Rose“The globe burned
down during a performance of “Henry VIII”
New globe was build in 1614
“The Rose”
““The Globe“The Globe“
““The Globe“The Globe“
Inside During a performance
Shakespeares audiencesShakespeares audiences
Queen Elizabeth
Wide variety of levels of income
„Gentlemen‘s rooms“ and „Lord‘s rooms“
Poorer audience members paid one penny
→ stand in front of the stage
Audience was boisterous
Elizabethan EnglandElizabethan England
In reign of Queen Elizabeth
England was a leading naval
and the commercial power
of western world
London was the heart of
England
In the 16th century
underwent a transformation
→ population grew to 400 %
Economy boomed
Queen Elizabeth I
FamousFamous works works “Romeo and Juliet“ 1594
“Hamlet“ 1603
“Henry IV ” (2 parts), 1597 & “Henry V” 1600
“Midsummer Night’s Dream” 1590
“Macbeth” 1606
For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.
To be, or not to be: that is the question.
Men of few words are the best men.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
Fair is foul, and foul is fair.
Famous worksFamous works “Richard III” 1591
“Julius Cesar” 1599
“Twelfth Night or What You Will” 1601
“The Taming of the Shrew” 1594
“Othello, the Moor of Venice” 1603
Now is the winter of our discontent.
Beware the ides of March.
Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them.
Thus the whirligig of time brings in his revenges.
To mourn a mischief that is past and gone is the next way to draw new mischief on.