William Shakespeare His Life Time And Works

William Shakespeare His Life, Time And Works

Childhood o Parents: John Shakespeare and Mary Arden o Birthday celebrated April 23, 1564 o Born in Stratford upon Avon o Attended the Stratford Grammar School

Young Adulthood o 1582 Married Anne Hathaway n She was 8 years older o Three children n Susanna n Twins o Judith o Hamnet

The Times o Monarchy n Queen Elizabeth o 1558 -1603 n King James o 1603 -1625 o The Plague

The Theater o All social classes attended o No women on stage n All parts played by men o Including Juliet!

Career o Actor n Lord Chamberlain’s Men n The King’s Men o Playwright n 38 plays o Poet n 154 Sonnets

The Globe “Al l a st the w orld age ” is o Built 1598 o Made from the leased Black Friar’s Theater o Burned during a performance of Henry VII n Cannon o Rebuilt and open to the public n The Globe Website

The Globe

The Comedies o o o All's Well That Ends Well As You Like It The Comedy of Errors Love's Labor's Lost Measure for Measure The Merchant of Venice The Merry Wives of Windsor A Midsummer Night's Dream Much Ado About Nothing The Taming of the Shrew Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will The Two Gentlemen of Verona

The Tragedies o o o Antony and Cleopatra Coriolanus Hamlet, Prince of Denmark Julius Caesar King Lear Macbeth Othello, the Moor of Venice Romeo and Juliet Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus Troilus and Cressida

The Histories o o o o o Henry IV, Part II Henry VI, Part III Henry VIII King John Richard III

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