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Widely regarded as the greatest writer in English Literature
William Shakespeare
1563-1616Stratford-upon- Avon,Englandwrote 37 playsabout 154 sonnetsstarted out as an actor
Shakespeare
Parents: John Shakespeare and Mary Arden
1564 Attended the Stratford Grammar School
Childhood
Young Adulthood1582 Married Anne Hathaway
– She was 8 years olderThree children
– Susanna– Twins
• Judith • Hamnet
William Shakespeare's
Hometown Stratford Upon-Avon
The house Shakespeare once lived in.
CareerActor
– Lord Chamberlain’s Men
– The King’s MenPlaywright
– 38 playsPoet
– 154 Sonnets
ComediesHistoriesTragedies
Shakespeare wrote:
• All’s Well That Ends Well
• As You Like It
• The Comedy of Errors
• Cymbeline
• Love’s Labor’s Lost
• Measure for Measure
The ComediesThe Comedies
The ComediesThe Comedies
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The Merchant of Venice
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Henry IV, Part I Henry IV, Part II Henry V Henry VI, Part I Henry VI, Part II Henry VI, Part III Henry VIII King John Richard II Richard III
The Histories
The Globe Built 1599 The Globe was London’s first theater built by and for actors. As
one of seven shareholders in the company that commissioned it .
Shakespeare probably had some say in the theater’s design. He wrote many of his plays, from Julius Caesar on, with this venue in mind.
It was burned during a performance of HenryVII. Rebuilt and open to the public.
The Globe
The Globe
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young "star- cross'd lovers“ whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families.
It was among Shakespeare's most popular archetypal stories of young, teenage lovers.
Romeo and Juliet belongs to a tradition of tragic romances .
Its plot is based on an Italian tale, translated into verse as The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet by Arthur Brooke in 1562 and retold in prose in Palace of Pleasure by William Painter in 1582.
ROMEO AND JULIET
Shakespeare became ill after a bout of hard drinking with his fellow playwrights Ben Jonson and Michael Drayton.The cause of Shakespeare's death is unknown - he died April 23rd 1616 at the age of 52 (William Shakespeare's birth date
Shakespeare retired as a playwright in 1612 or 1613, two or three years before his death.
William Shakespeare is buried in Holy TrinityChurch, Stratford-upon-Avon.
The Death of William Shakespeare
Holy Trinity Church