William Shakespeare1564 - 1616

Life of Shakespeare

Born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564Attended King’s New SchoolKnown as The Bard of Avon

Married Anne Hathaway Had three children

Became an actor, poet and playwright

Died in Stratford-upon-Avon at the age

of 52

38 plays154 sonnets

Comedies TragediesHistories

Macbeth As You Like It

Merry Wives of Windsor

King Lear

The Tempest Much Ado About Nothing

The Merchant of Venice

The Winter’s Tale

Why Shakespeare After 400 years From his time?

One of the greatest writers of all timeUniversal themes and Diverse genres

Comedies

Tragedies

Fairy Tales

Romances

Histories

Compelling characters in stories

IagoIn Othello

FalstaffIn Merry Wives of

WindsorBeatrice & BenedickIn Much Ado About

Nothing

ViolaIn Twelfth night

Contribution to English Language

Gloomy

Generous

Impartial

Majestic

Bedazzled

Alluring

Timeless plays adapted to our time

Lion King &

Hamlet

10 Things I hate about you &

Taming of the Shrew

Timeless plays adapted to our time

She’s the Man and

Twelfth Night

Big Business and

The Comedy of Errors

His works inspire writers to date

A Thousand Acres based onKing Lear

Juliet,Juliet’s Nurse

based onRomeo and Juliet

The Great Night based on

Midsummer Night’s Dream

The Daughter of

Timebased onRichard III

Saving Hamlet

based onHamlet

Quoted even today

Shakespeare Celebrations

Royal Shakespeare Theatre

In Stratford-upon-Avon

Shakespeare plays are regularly performed here

Consists of over 1000 seats

Open daily for visitors

400th Anniversary Celebrations

In Birthplace

Masked Parade

Funeral-style Parade

Questions

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