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Nov 13, 1501
When Shakespeare was born.
He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon. He birth date is unknown he was the third child of eight. -
Period: Nov 13, 1501 to
William Shakespeare
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May 12, 1553
His education.
Biographers found that he went to school at King's New School in Stratford. There wasn't much grammar schools in the Elizabeth era but then there was latin grammar schools. -
Dec 6, 1580
The type of plays he did.
The plays that he basically did were history maybe of his life, tragedy, and comedy. -
His personal life.
He was 18 years old when he got married to 26-year-old Anne Hathaway. She then gave birth to a daughter and twins. -
One of his children died.
One of the twins died Hamnet, at the age 11 they didn't know what kind of disease he died of. They buried him August 11 1585. -
His style.
In the mid 1590's by the time of "Romeo and Juilet" he started to write natural poetry. He increasingly tuned his metaphors and images to the needs of the drama itself. -
His plays.
Most of his plays were on the stage of London by 1592. Usually only boys and men would try out because at that time girls or women wouldn't be able to act. -
His poems.
He publsihed his two first poems called "Venus and Adonis" and "The Rape of Lucrece". -
First record work.
The first recorded works of Shakespeare are Richard III and the three parts of Henry VI, written in the early 1590s during a vogue for historical drama. -
One of his good plays.
One of his good plays is "Romeo and Juilet" and "Richard II". "Romeo and Juilet" was about two different people that their love was impossible. -
How he got famous.
In 1598 the cleric and author Francis Meres singled him out from a group of English writers as "the most excellent" in both comedy and tragedy. -
The Globe.
In 1599 a panthership of members built their own theatre called the Globe, then also in 1600's they took over the Blackfairs indoor theatre. Which made Shakespeare a wealthy man. -
Later years.
After 1606, Shakespeare wrote fewer plays, and none are explain to him after 1613. His last 3 plays were collaborations, probably with John Fletcher, who succeeded him as the house playwright for the "King’s Men". -
His last non-dramtic works.
"Shakespeare's Sonnets" was one of the last non-dramatic works to be printed. He wrote it throughout his private readership. -
Shakespeare's Death.
Shakespeare died in April 23 1616, he was a great poet and play writer. He was buried in Stratford-upon-Avon.
