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Who is Shakespeare?. William Shakespeare 1564-1623. Shakespeare wrote during the Renaissance Period known as the Elizabethan Era, named after Queen Elizabeth I. This time period was known as a time of immense creativity, culture, and the arts. 1564.
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Who is Shakespeare? William Shakespeare 1564-1623
Shakespeare wrote during the Renaissance Period known as the Elizabethan Era, named after Queen Elizabeth I. • This time period was known as a time of immense creativity, culture, and the arts.
1564 • Shakespeare was born in England around (date) April 23rd, 1564 in Stratford-Upon Avon. • Parents: John and Mary Arden Shakespeare • Mary—daughter of wealthy landowner. • John—glovemaker, local politician. • We know this from the earliest record: his baptism which happened on Wednesday, April the 26th, 1564 Therefore, it is celebrated three days earlier. • He attended King’s New School in Stratford where he studied about 10 hours per day, 6 days per week.
1582 • He married Anne Hathaway, a woman eight years older than him; Together, they have 3 children: • Susanna (1583) • Hamnet and Judith (1585) • Hamnet died of the plague at age 11.
1589 • He sets out for London to make his fortune. He writes his first plays: Richard the Third, The Comedy of Errors, Titus Andronicus, The Taming of the Shrew, Henry the Sixth Parts I, II, and III.
1592 • He not only becomes a playwright, but an actor as well; theaters closed down for two years because of the plague. • He uses this time to write two poems: Venus & Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece. The Globe Theater
1594 • Theaters reopen; he completes Love’s Labour’s Lost, Romeo and Juliet, Richard the Second, and King John. • He becomes a charter member of Lord Chamberlain’s Men.
1596 • He writes his histories between now and 1603; also writes The Merchant of Venice, Henry the Fifth, Julius Caesar, and Twelfth Night.
1603 • Queen Elizabeth dies and King James I becomes England’s new ruler. He renames Lord Chamberlain’s Men to The King’s Men. • Between now and 1608, he writes the tragedies Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, and Antony & Cleopatra.
1608 • Shakespeare writes his last plays, A Winter’s Tale and The Tempest. • He decides to retire and move back to Stratford-Upon Avon.
1616 • Shakespeare dies on April 23rd at the age of 52.
1623 • His First Folio was published by two members of The King’s Men.
Shakespeare has written 38 plays, as well as many sonnets and poems.
Shakespeare’s Major Works 1599 Julius Ceasar 1599-1600 - As You Like It1600-02 - Twelfth Night 1600-01 Hamlet1597-1601 - The Merry Wives of Windsor1600-01 - "The Phoenix and the Turtle"1601-02 - Troilus and Cressida1602-04 - All's Well That Ends Well1603-04 - Othello1604 - Measure for Measure1604-09 - Timon of Athens 1605-06 King Lear 1605-06 Macbeth 1606-07 - Antony and Cleopatra1607-09 - Coriolanus1608-09 - Pericles1609-1O - Cymbeline161O-1I - The Winter's Tale161I - The Tempest1612-13 - Henry VIII1613 - The Two Noble Kinsmen 1588-93 - The Comedy of Errors1588-92 - Henry VI (three parts)1592-93 - Richard III1592-94 - Titus Andronicus1593-94 - The Taming of the Shrew1593-94 - The Two Gentlemen of Verona1593-94 - "The Rape of Lucrece"1593-1600 - "Sonnets"1588-95 - Love's Labor's Lost 1594-1596 Romeo and Juliet 1595 - Richard II1594-96 - A Midsummer Night's Dream1590-97 - King John1592 - "Venus and Adonis"1596-97 - The Merchant of Venice1597 - Henry IV (Part I)1597-98 - Henry IV (Part II)1598-1600 - Much Ado About Nothing1598-99 - Henry V
