Shakespeare esitlus
EARLY LIFE:
·Born in Stratford-
upon-Avon on April
23, 1564
·Parents:
John
Shakespeare
Mary Arden
EDUCATION:
· Attended King
Edward IV
Grammar
School
· Never went to
university
THE LOST YEARS:
1585 1592
·Quit school
·Supported his family
·Became involved with acting
MARRIAGE:
· Married to Anne Hathaway
· Shakespeare's children:
Susanna
Judith
Hamnet
(+ William Davenant?)
CAREER IN LONDON:
· Acted in several companies of players
· By 1584 had become an important playwright-actor in the
Lord Chamberlain's Company (the King's Men)
· Wrote many great plays, for example:
"A Midsummer Night's Dream"
"Merchant of Venice"
"Romeo and Juliet"
"Othello"
"Hamlet" etc.
· Also wrote poems and sonnets
THE GLOBE THEATRE:
LATER YEARS
AND DEATH:
· 1610 returned
to his birthplace,
lived in the New
Place
· Died on on April
23, 1616