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Who was William Shakespeare and what did he do?
Shakespeare became ‘Shakespeare’ only relatively recently, 100 or so years after he died. First of all, you’ve got the Puritanical regime in the civil war, where no theatre was put on. Then in the 1660s onwards, you have Shakespeare’s plays being rewritten with happy endings.
- Shakespeare's Career
For almost twenty years William Shakespeare was its regular...
- Shakespeare's Career
Sometime between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part-owner ("sharer") of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men after the ascension of King James VI of Scotland to the English throne.
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Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway, eight years his senior, when he was 18. They had three children: Susanna and twins Judith and Hamnet. Hamnet died at the age of 11.
Read more below: Shakespeare the man: Life
How many plays did Shakespeare write?
There is some dispute about how many plays Shakespeare wrote. The general consensus is 37.
Read more below: Chronology of Shakespeare’s plays
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Although the amount of factual knowledge available about Shakespeare is surprisingly large for one of his station in life, many find it a little disappointing, for it is mostly gleaned from documents of an official character. Dates of baptisms, marriages, deaths, and burials; wills, conveyances, legal processes, and payments by the court—these are the dusty details. There are, however, many contemporary allusions to him as a writer, and these add a reasonable amount of flesh and blood to the biographical skeleton.
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Oct 3, 2011 · Between the mid-1590s and his retirement around 1612, Shakespeare penned the most famous of his 37-plus plays, including “Romeo and Juliet,” “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” “Hamlet ...
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 had become famous, though no Shakespeare plays were performed at the Jubilee due to rain.
Apr 2, 2024 · Quick Facts. FULL NAME: William Shakespeare. BORN: c. April 23, 1564. DIED: c. April 23, 1616. BIRTHPLACE: Stratford-upon-Avon, England, United Kingdom. SPOUSE: Anne Hathaway (1582-1616)...
