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Shakespeare's School. 'The mind shall banquet, though the body pine.' — Love's Labour's Lost, Act 1, Scene 1. Where did Shakespeare go to School? William Shakespeare 's education would have started at home. His mother, Mary Arden, would have told him fables and fairy tales during his early youth. Mary was certainly literate.
- Shakespeare's Wedding and Marriage
William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway in November 1582...
- Shakespeare's Wedding and Marriage
Although we have no record of Shakespeare attending the school, due to the official position held by John Shakespeare it seems likely that he would have decided to educate young William at the school which was under the care of Stratford's governing body.
- Grammar School
- The School Day
- Curriculum
- Financial Troubles
- The Spark For A Career
Grammar schools were all over the country at that time and were attended by boys of similar backgrounds to Shakespeare’s. There was a national curriculum set out by the monarchy. Girls were not permitted to attend school, so we will never know the potential of Shakespeare’s sister Anne, for example. She would have stayed home and helped Mary, his m...
The school day was long and monotonous. Children attended school from Monday until Saturday from 6 or 7 o'clock in the morning until 5 or 6 o'clock at night with a two hour break for dinner. On his day off, Shakespeare would have been expected to attend church. It being a Sunday, there was very little free time, as the church service would go on fo...
Physical Education was not on the curriculum at all. Shakespeare would have been expected to learn long passages of Latin prose and poetry. Latin was the language used in most respected professions including the law, medicine and in the clergy. Latin was, therefore, the mainstay of the curriculum. Students would have been versed in grammar, rhetori...
John Shakespeare was having financial problems by the time Shakespeare was a teenager and Shakespeare and his brother were forced to leave school as their father could no longer pay for it. Shakespeare was 14 at the time.
At the end of the term, the school would put on classical plays in which the boys would perform. It is entirely possible that this is where Shakespeare honed his acting skills and knowledge of plays and classical stories. Many of his plays and poems are based on classical texts, including "Troilus and Cressida" and "The Rape of Lucrece." In Elizabe...
- Lee Jamieson
William Kircher. Actor: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Now based in Los Angeles, California, William Kircher has the provenance of being one of the most experienced actors coming out of New Zealand. William's career launched on his graduation from Drama School at the age of eighteen.
William Shakespeare was withdrawn from education in 1577 at the age of fourteen due to his father's financial problems. Boys would normally attended Grammar school until they reached the age of fourteen when they would have continued their education at University.
Kircher lied about his age when applying to Toi Whakaari, the New Zealand Drama School, so he was only 18 when he graduated two years later. [2][3] He graduated with a Diploma in Acting in 1976. [4] In the late 1990s, Kircher shifted his focus away from acting toward production, singing, and executive management. [1]
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William started at the King Edward VI Grammar School (called The King’s New School) when he was seven. The grammar schools covered the country and most boys with the same background as William attended them.
