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For almost twenty years William Shakespeare was its regular dramatist, producing on average two plays a year. Shakespeare stayed with the Chamberlain’s Men, which would later evolve into the King’s Men under the patronage of King James I, for the rest of his career.
- Shakespeare and Stratford
This certainly suggests that he cared about their (and his)...
- William Shakespeare Biography
William Shakespeare was a renowned English poet, playwright,...
- William Shakespeare's Family
William Shakespeare was the eldest son of John and Mary...
- When Was Shakespeare Born
William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon,...
- Shakespeare's Wedding and Marriage
William Shakespeare signed his will on 25 March 1616. In the...
- Shakespeare's School
Shakespeare’s Henley Street home was just a short walk from...
- Shakespeare's 'Lost Years
'The Lost Years' refers to the period of Shakespeare's life...
- How Did Shakespeare Die
This version of his will is, apparently, a re-drafting of...
- Shakespeare and Stratford
- Shakespeare’s Childhood and Family Life
- Shakespeare’s Lost Years and Early Career
- Shakespeare’s Plays and Poems
- Shakespeare’s Death and Legacy
William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, a bustling market town 100 miles northwest of London, and baptized there on April 26, 1564. His birthday is traditionally celebrated on April 23, which was the date of his death in 1616 and is the feast day of St. George, the patron saint of England. Shakespeare’s father, John, dabbled in farming...
To the dismay of his biographers, Shakespeare disappears from the historical record between 1585, when his twins’ baptism was recorded, and 1592, when the playwright Robert Greene denounced him in a pamphlet as an “upstart crow” (evidence that he had already made a name for himself on the London stage). What did the newly married father and future ...
Shakespeare’s first plays, believed to have been written before or around 1592, encompass all three of the main dramatic genres in the bard’s oeuvre: tragedy (“Titus Andronicus”); comedy (“The Two Gentlemen of Verona,” “The Comedy of Errors” and “The Taming of the Shrew”); and history (the “Henry VI” trilogy and “Richard III”). Shakespeare was like...
Shakespeare died at age 52 of unknown causes on April 23, 1616, leaving the bulk of his estate to his daughter Susanna. (Anne Hathaway, who outlived her husband by seven years, famously received his “second-best bed.”) The slabstone over Shakespeare’s tomb, located inside a Stratford church, bears an epitaph—written, some say, by the bard himself—w...
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