William Shakespeare
Birthplace
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William Shakespeare
was born on 23rd
April 1564 in
Stratford upon Avon.
Shakespeare's
birthplace is a
half-timbered house
turned into a
museum.
Shakespeare's Family
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His father, John
Shakespeare, was a
merchant and a
glove maker.
The family had eight
children, William was
the third child and
the oldest surviving
son.
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The Shakespeare
Coat of Arms
Education
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Shakespeare was
probably educated at
King's New School, a
grammar school in
Stratford.
The school was free
and the students learnt
Latin, grammar,
literature etc.
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Stratford Grammar
School
Anne Hathaway
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At the age of 18,
Shakespeare married
Anne Hathaway, who was
26 at that time and
pregnant with their
daughter Susanna. Twins
Judith and Hamnet were
born two years later.
Unfortunately,
Shakespeare's only son
Hamnet died at the age
of 11.
Lost Years
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The years between
1585 (the birth of the
twins) and 1592 are
called Shakespeare's
lost years, because
there are no
historical traces
about Shakespeare's
life in that period.
London
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By 1592,
Shakespeare was
well established as a
playwright in London.
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Several of his plays
were on the London
stage.
Lord Chamberlain's Men
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Lord Chamberlain's
Men was a theatre
company owned by a
group of actors.
Shakespeare was
one of them.
They performed his
plays.
The Globe Theatre
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In 1599, Lord
Chamberlain's Men
built their own
theatre, called the
Globe.
It burnt down a few
years later.
In 1599 a replica was
built.
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The Globe Theatre
New Place
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In 1597, Shakespeare
bought the second
largest house in
Stratford, called New
Place.
The house no longer
exists and it was
Shakespeare's last
residence in Stratford.
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New Place, sketch
by George Vertue,
1737
Plays
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Shakespeare wrote 36
plays: comedies,
historical plays and
tragedies.
His most popular
comedies are, for
example The Merchant
of Venice (Kupec
benátský), A
Midsummer Night's
Dream (Sen noci
svatojánské) or The
Taming of the Shrew
(Zkrocení zlé ženy).
Plays
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His tragedies could
be represented by
Romeo and Juliet,
Hamlet, Othello, King
Lear or Macbeth.
Pedro Américo:
Hamlet's Vision
Plays
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He also wrote
histories or historical
plays, for example
Richard II, Richard III,
King John, Henry VIII
etc.
Picture of Henry VIII,
probably by Holbein
Sonnets
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Shakespeare wrote a
collection of 154
sonnets, dealing with
topics of love, beauty
and mortality.
The subjects of the
poems are the Fair
Youth, the Rival Poet
and the Dark Lady.
Death
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Shakespeare died in
his hometown,
Stratford-upon-Avon,
on the 23rd April
1616.
He is buried in the
Trinity Church.
Burial Place
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Shakespeare's bust
at the Holy Trinity
Church in Stratford.
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