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PRIMARY. William Shakespeare was born in April 1564 in a house in Stratford-upon-Avon. His father, John Shakespeare, was a glove maker and Mary, his mother, was the daughter of a local farmer. In the year William was born, the plague was in Stratford-upon-Avon and many people died as a result.
Dec 10, 2020 · The life and times of William Shakespeare. Publication date. 2013. Topics. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Dramatists, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Biography. Publisher. New York : Britannica Educational Pub. : Distributed exclusively by Rosen Educational Services. Collection.
Lesson at a Glance. Suitable For: KS1-3. Time Period: . Early Modern 1485-1750. Curriculum Link: The lives of significant people who have contributed to national and international achievements....
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- Shakespeare's Family Life
- Shakespeare in London
- Shakespeare's Works
- New Place; A Home in Stratford-Upon-Avon
Records survive relating to William Shakespeare’s family that offer an understanding of the context of Shakespeare's early life and the lives of his family members. John Shakespeare marriedMary Arden, and together they had eight children. John and Mary lost two daughters as infants, so William became their eldest child. John Shakespeare worked as a...
Shakespeare's career jump-started in London, but when did he go there? We know Shakespeare's twins were baptised in 1585, and that by 1592 his reputation was established in London, but the intervening years are considered a mystery. Scholars generally refer to these years as ‘The Lost Years’. During his time in London, Shakespeare’s first printed w...
Altogether Shakespeare's works include 38 plays, 2 narrative poems, 154 sonnets, and a variety of other poems. No original manuscripts of Shakespeare's plays are known to exist today. It is actually thanks to a group of actors from Shakespeare's company that we have about half of the plays at all. They collected them for publication after Shakespea...
Shakespeare’s success in the London theatres made him considerably wealthy, and by 1597 he was able to purchase New Place,the largest house in the borough of Stratford-upon-Avon. Although his professional career was spent in London, he maintained close links with his native town. Recent archaeological evidence discovered on the site of Shakespeare’...
William Shakespeare (26 April 1564 (baptised) – 23 April 1616)[1] was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. [2]
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Oct 13, 2006 · William Shakespeare: a biography : Knight, Charles, 1791-1873 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive. by. Knight, Charles, 1791-1873. Publication date. 1865. Topics. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Publisher. London G. Routledge. Collection. robarts; toronto; university_of_toronto. Contributor. Robarts - University of Toronto.
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Peter Ackroyd’s Shakespeare the Biography Will in the Ackroyd’s biography reflects the research of ‘a Shakespeare enthusiast’ woven into a fictitious narrative, an imaginative story about the man behind the plays and sonnets, rather than a straightforward historical record.
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