By Jihad Belbachir and Ghea Abou Faycal
 William was born on April 23, 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon,
England . His father was the mayor of Stratford and his
mother was a landowner. He was the 3rd child of 8.
 He received and excellent education with a heavy focus on
Latin, Greek, grammar and literature .
 He studied at “King Edward’s Grammar school for Boys “ in
Stratford-upon-Avon.
 William married Anne Hathaway at the young age
of 18 while she was 26 .
 They had 1 child : Susanna
 Twins: Hamnet and Judith
 His son, Hamnet, died at the young age of 11.
He moved to London in around 1591 and he
became an actor .
He worked with a group of actors called the
Lord Chamberlain’s Men , later known as the
King’s Men.
 William Shakespeare was an actor, a poet and a
playwright. He got famous for his very successful
plays (between 35 and 40),his many poems ( 154
sonnets) , his tragedies (Hamlet , Julius Caesar…),
his comedies (As You Like It, Twelfth Night…) and
his histories . William Shakespeare had a huge
vocabulary of between 17 000 and 34 000 words.
William Shakespeare returned back to
Stratford-Upon-Avon in around 1610 . He had
the second largest house in all of Stratford. He
died in his home in 1616.
Shakespeare lived and wrote in a period
called the English Renaissance .
He also lived in the period called the
Elizabethan Age named after Queen
Elizabeth 1st who ruled England from
1558 to 1603.
GLOBE THEATRE
 The Globe Theatre was the place where Shakespeare used
to introduce his plays, in London. The Globe Theatre was
also named “The wooden «O»” because of its circular
shape.
 At that time , plays were performed during the day.
 On the roof , a white flag indicated that there was a play
that very day.
 The poor people , also named the “groundlings” used to sit
in the pit , on the ground , next to the stage.
 The wealthy people used to sit in the upper galleries and
got a better view.
 Since women did not have the same rights as men , they
were not permitted to get roles in the play .
 So , men dressed up as ladies and used to play the female
roles.
The original theatre was destroyed by a
fire in 1613 , rebuilt in 1614 , closed in
1642 and was demolished in 1644. A
brand- new “Shakespeare’s Theatre” was
built in London in 1997.