William Shakespeare

WHO IS WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE?

April 23, 1564. (St. George’s Day)

Henley Street, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England.

Date of Birth Place of Birth

ENGLAND ->WARWICKSHIRE -

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STRATFORD-UPON-AVON

April 23, 1616. (St. George’s Day)

Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England.

Date of Death Place of Death

In the name of Jesus, Beware of digging the dust from this grave; Be

blessed on sparing his (Shakespeare's) bones or else suffer the curse of

moving it.

Family Tree

Judith, Hamnet and SusanaAnne Hathaway

WORKS AND SUCCESS

First folio – published in 1623. It preserved 18 plays.

Second Folio – published in 1632. Third Folio – printed in 1663 and

1664.Fourth Folio – appeared in 1685.

WRITING STYLE:

• Shakespeare used a metrical pattern consisting of lines of unrhymed iambic pentameter, called blank verse. His plays were composed using blank verse, although there are passages in all the plays that deviate from the norm and are composed of other forms of poetry and/or simple prose.•Shakespeare's sonnets are written in iambic pentameter, with the exception of Sonnet 145, which is written in iambic tetrameter.

• Shakespeare's style of writing and metre choice were typical of the day, and other writings of the time influenced how he structured his compositions.

SOME EXAMPLES :

anon—right now, OR “I come right away”……. “Anon, good nurse!  Speak!”art—are, OR skill……“Thou art  dead; no physician’s art can save you.”dost or doth—does or do……“Dost thou know the time?”ere—before……“We must leave ere daybreak.”fain—gladly…“I fain would bake Mr. Love cookies if I could get an A.”fie—an exclamation of dismay or disgust……“You cheated?  Fie upon it!” OR “Fie!  Are you mad?”hark—listen……. “Hark to the owl,” OR “Hark!  The herald angels sing!”hence—away…..“Get thee hence, beggar!”  OR “We must hence before the army arrives.”hie—hurry……“Hie thee hence, or lose your life!”

HIS PEERS:EARLY RENAISSANCE PLAYWRIGHTS:Francis Beaumont,Thomas Dekker,John Fletcher, Thomas Heywood, Ben Jonson, Thomas Kyd, John Lyly, Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Middleton, John Webster

SHAKESPEARE’S CONTEMPORARYChristopher Marlowe, King James I, Sir Walter Raleigh, Dr. Simon Forman, Richard Burbage

LORD OF CHAMBERLAIN or KING’S MENActors when the company was formed were:Richard Burbag, John Heminge, Augustine Philips, William Kempe, Thomas Pope, George Bryan, Richard Cowley, Samuel Gilbourne, William Sly, Henry Condell, John Sicher

HIS EDUCATION:

•He began his education at the age of 7 at King Edward VI Grammar School, Stratford-Upon-Avon in 1571 and left school and formal education when he was 14 in 1578.•King Edward VI Grammar School is also referred to as the King’s New School as it was named according to charter by King Edward VI (Queen Elizabeth’s brother) in 1553.

THE PETTY SCHOOLS• Petty Schools were run by a local housewife and were often referred to as ‘Dame Schools’. Petty School education would have consisted of being taught in behavior and to learn catechism.

WILLIAM AT GRAMMAR SCHOOL•The Grammar School education of William Shakespeare would have included Latin taught from the Tudor textbook known as Lily’s Latin Grammar and boys would be expected to translate Latin to English and vice versa.•The education of his continued by studying the works of the great classical authors and dramatists such as Ovid, Plautus, Horace, Virgil, Cicero and Seneca.

•The teachers of his were predominantly Catholic so William’s education would have been influenced by their beliefs.•One of his teachers, Robert Dibdale was ordained as Catholic priest, and was martyred in 1586.

LIFE AT GRAMMAR SCHOOL•Life there would have been very strict.•Elizabethan Education was hard work!•William would have been expected to converse in Latin at all times in order to improve his fluency in the language- any boy caught speaking English at school was punished.

WILLIAM FINISHES HIS EDUCATION AT THE AGE OF 14!•William was withdrawn from education in 1577 at the age of 14 due to his father’s financial problems.•Boys would normally attended Grammar school until they reached the age of fourteen when they would have continued their education at the university.

DID YOU KNOW???????

Shakespeare married an older woman who was three months pregnant at the time.

DID YOU KNOW??????? We probably don’t spell Shakespeare’s name correctly- but, then again, neither did he!!!“schakken” (to

brandish)“speer” (spear) • to a confrontational or argumentative person.

Willhm Shakp”,“Willm Shakspere”“William Shakspeare”

Shakespeare wore a gold hoop earring – or so we think.

DID YOU KNOW?????????