William Shakespeare’s Life 1564-1616

1. William Shakespeare’s Life1564-1616

2. The Early Days • William Shakespeare was born in April, 1564. Although the actual date is not known, it is assumed to be the 23rd. • Shakespeare’s parents were both illiterate but William still did get a education • At 18, Shakespeare married Ann Hathaway. They had three children together, Susanna, Hamnet and Judith.

3. Shakespeare's Acting Career • In 1585 William Shakespeare became a successful actor. He was the part owner of the play company, ‘Lord Chamberlain's Men‘. • The company preformed in the globe theatre where a large audience gathered to watch each play. • It is thought that Shakespeare continued to act until 1603 but as time went on, began to focus on his writing.

4. Shakespeare preforms for the queen • Shakespeare became so popular that he was requested to write plays for the queen. • He wrote his first play for Queen Elizabeth in 1594 and from then on started writing for her more. regularly. Until in 1613, he retired.

5. Shakespeare’s Writing Career • Shakespeare did have education but it would be very hard to become accepted as a playwright, but by 1592 several of Shakespeare’s plays had been preformed on the London stage. • Shakespeare became a very well known playwright , he wrote 37 plays and became very wealthy, owning the second biggest house in Stratford. • Shakespeare became so popular that he began to perform for the Queen.

6. Shakespeare’s plays • Shakespeare wrote 37 plays in his lifetime and some of them are some of the most famous plays ever written. • The plays were mainly performed at the globe, a theatre in London England • The main genres of the plays were tragedy, history and comedy. • Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, and Macbeth are a few of Shakespeare's most famous plays. • His plays are still being performed all around the world.

7. Shakespeare's language • Shakespeare introduced nearly 3000 words into the English language. • A lot of the words are still commonly used today. • A few words Shakespeare invented are: • Accommodation • Critic • Indistinguishable • Majestic • Suspicious

8. Shakespeare’s Later life • William Shakespeare's last written play is thought to have been the Tempest which was performed in November 1611. • He then retired from writing plays later that year but still continued to keep himself busy because back then it was uncommon to retire from all work. • He died on the 23rd of April aged 52.

9. Bibliography • http://www.william-shakespeare.info/william-shakespeare-biography-childhood-and-education.htm • http://www.gprc.ab.ca/employees/homepages/ghanna/life.html • http://www.william-shakespeare.org.uk/william-shakespeare-playwright.htm • http://www.shakespeare.to-go.biz/laterlife.htm • http://www.nosweatshakespeare.com/resources/shakespeare-words.htm • http://www.bardweb.net/language.html • http://absoluteshakespeare.com/trivia/faq/faq.htm

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