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The actual birthdate of Skakespeare is unknown. So they use his babized date at the Holy Trinity Parish Church.
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Richard Burbage, the greatest tragedian of the age, who would eventually portray Hamlet, Lear, Othello and all Shakespeare's great parts born.
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He married and had three kids. He was 18, she was 26. Main reason they married was because she became pregant, and it would've caused trouble for both families.
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Shakespeare is believed by most academics to have written his very first play, Henry VI, Part One in this year.
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Begins writing the Sonnets which were probably completed in 1597
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A busy year for Shakespeare as he is thought to have composed Richard II performed that very same year, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, thought to be composed for a wedding and the greatest love story of all time, Romeo and Juliet.
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The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's playing company.
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Shakespeare is thought to have composed arguably his greatest play, Hamlet, at this time.
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The Globe Theatre was destroyed by fire.
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William dies on April 23rd, his burial being recorded in the Stratford Holy Church Register two days later.
