William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare

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General fact‘sGeneral fact‘so * 23rd of April, 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon

o † 23rd of April, 1616 in Stratford-upon-Avon

o Had 8 brothers and sisters

o Married Anne Hathaway in 1582

o 3 children: Susannah, 1583 Hamnet & Judith (twins), 1585

Life & workLife & work

First playwright: “The attack” by Robert Greene,

1592

First published play: “Henry VI, Part 2”

37 plays in total

Sorts of poems: sonnets, narrative poems

Worked at the “Globe Theatre” in London

Appeared in public in 1893 with “Venus and

Adonis”

Became proprietor of “the Globe”

Shakespeare and the Shakespeare and the Globe Globe Constructed in

1599Stood next to

“The Rose“The globe burned

down during a performance of “Henry VIII”

New globe was build in 1614

“The Rose”

““The Globe“The Globe“

““The Globe“The Globe“

Inside During a performance

Shakespeares audiencesShakespeares audiences

Queen Elizabeth

Wide variety of levels of income

„Gentlemen‘s rooms“ and „Lord‘s rooms“

Poorer audience members paid one penny

→ stand in front of the stage

Audience was boisterous

Elizabethan EnglandElizabethan England

In reign of Queen Elizabeth

England was a leading naval

and the commercial power

of western world

London was the heart of

England

In the 16th century

underwent a transformation

→ population grew to 400 %

Economy boomed

Queen Elizabeth I

FamousFamous works works “Romeo and Juliet“ 1594

“Hamlet“ 1603

“Henry IV ” (2 parts), 1597 & “Henry V” 1600

“Midsummer Night’s Dream” 1590

“Macbeth” 1606

For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.

To be, or not to be: that is the question.

Men of few words are the best men.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Fair is foul, and foul is fair.

Famous worksFamous works “Richard III” 1591

“Julius Cesar” 1599

“Twelfth Night or What You Will” 1601

“The Taming of the Shrew” 1594

“Othello, the Moor of Venice” 1603

Now is the winter of our discontent.

Beware the ides of March.

Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them.

Thus the whirligig of time brings in his revenges.

To mourn a mischief that is past and gone is the next way to draw new mischief on.