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Life & Times. 1564-1616. In his 52 years of life William Shakespeare transformed himself from the son of a small-town glovemaker to a favorite playwright of Queen Elizabeth and King James. Today he is celebrated as the most popular writer in the English language.
- Early Life
William Shakespeare’s Life & Times Early Life. Early Life....
- Actors
At the beginning of the Restoration period, Charles granted...
- Women in Shakespeare's Writing
The majority of Shakespeare’s major female characters are...
- Top 10 Shakespeare Quotes
Shakespeare is the most quoted author of all time. Most...
- Sexuality in Shakespeare's England
Just as the term “heterosexuality” didn’t exist in...
- Sexuality in Shakespeare's Plays
Shakespeare reflected Elizabethan standards of...
- Tragedy
For one thing, Shakespeare’s tragedies frequently contain...
- A Glossary of Common Shakespearean Words
Shakespeare frequently uses words which no longer exist in...
- Early Life
William Shakespeare’s Life & Times Early Life. Early Life. Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, a small town in the middle of the English countryside. His father, John Shakespeare, was a glover and public servant with social ambitions, as suggested by his marriage to Mary Arden, the daughter of a well-to-do farmer.
- 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’...
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. There was a special doctor called a plague doctor.
sance, William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, England. The son of a successful middle-class glove-maker, Shakespeare attended grammar school, but his formal education proceeded no further. In 1582, he married an older woman, Anne Hathaway, and had three children with her. Around 1590,
Around 1590 he left his family behind and traveled to London to work as an actor and playwright. Public and critical success quickly followed, and Shakespeare eventually became the most popular playwright in England and part owner of the Globe Theater. His career bridged the reigns of Elizabeth I (ruled 1558-1603) and James I (ruled 1603-1625 ...
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Dec 10, 2020 · Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Dramatists, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Biography Publisher New York : Britannica Educational Pub. : Distributed exclusively by Rosen Educational Services Collection internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled Contributor Internet Archive Language English Item Size 302927683
