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William Shakespeare
1564-1616
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Elizabethan Dress of the Day
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William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in the town of Stratford-Upon-Avon
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Shakespeare’s birthplace in Stratford-Upon-Avon
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Nash’s House
When Shakespeare retired from London and the theater, he retuned to Stratford and bought this house. He was very wealthy.
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Royal Shakespeare Company
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This stage in Stratford shows Shakespeare’s plays. (I saw “A Winter’s Tale” here.
He was the third of 8 children and the oldest son of the family.
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When Shakespeare was older he should have apprenticed to his father, but because of financial problems his father was having he apprenticed to a butcher nearby.
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At the age of 18 Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway, who was 8 years older then he was.
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Shakespeare’s family
• Daughter, Susanna, was born in 1583
• Twins, Hamnet and Judith, were born in 1585
• Son, Hamnet, dies in 1596 and Shakespeare is not there
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He moved to London, without his wife and children, in 1588 after being banned from Stratford for poaching deer in the park of Sir Thomas Lucy, a local justice of the peace.
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After being in London for only four years he attained success as an actor and a playwright. Although his plays were generally popular the plays were looked down upon by the learned, who considered being a playwright a vulgar occupation.
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The Globe Theater in London
The Original Globe
The Rebuilt Globe Theater in London
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Inside the Globe
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Shakespeare wrote many different kinds of plays. All of his plays are divided into four periods.
• The first period leads up to 1594.• The second period is the time from
1594-1600• The third period is the time
between 1600-1608• The fourth and final period is any
time after 1608.
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After 1613 Shakespeare moved back to Stratford and became a leading citizen. He died on April 23, 1616 and was buried in the Church of the Holy Trinity. His family is buried along with him.
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Shakespeare’s Resting Place
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Summary• April 23, 1564- Shakespeare’s birthday• November 27, 1582- marries Anne Hathaway• 1590-leaves for London• 1594-Forms The Chamberlain’s Men acting
company• 1596-Shakespeare is London's leading playwright• 1599-Globe Theatre built in London• 1600-1608-Period of his great tragic plays• 1603-His company becomes The Kings Men
performing frequently for James I• 1613-Retires to Stratford• April 23, 1616-Death of Shakespeare
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