William Shakespeare was great English playwright, dramatist and poet who lived during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Shakespeare is considered to be the greatest playwright of all time. No other writer’s plays have been produced so many times or read so widely in so many countries as his.
William Shakespeare was born in Stratford in 1564. He was one of eight children. When William Shakespeare was about seven years old, he probably began attending the Stratford Grammar School with other boys of his social class. Students went to school year round attending school for nine hours a day.
The teachers were strict disciplinarians. Stratford was an exciting place to live. Stratford also had fields and woods surrounding it giving William the opportunity to hunt and trap small game. The River Avon, which ran through die town, endowed him the title the Bard of Avon.
Shakespeare’s poems and plays show love for nature and rural life which reflects his childhood. In London, Shakespeare’s career took off. It is believed that he may have become well I known in London theatrical life by 1592. By that time, he had joined one of die city’s repertory theatre companies.
These companies were made up of a permanent cast of actors who presented different plays week after week. The companies were commercial organizations that depended on admission from their audience. Scholars know that Shakespeare belonged to one of the most popular acting companies in London called ‘the Lord Chamberlain’s Men’.
Shakespeare was a leading member of the group from 1594 for the rest of his career. 1594 had produced at least six of Shakespeare’s plays; During Shakespeare’s life, there were two monarchs who ruled England. They were Henry the eighth and Elizabeth the first. Both were impressed with Shakespeare, which made his name known.
There is evidence that he was a member of a traveling theatre group. In 1594, he became an actor and playwright for Lord Chamberlain’s Men. In 1599, he became a part owner of the prosperous
William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire and was baptised a few days later on 26 April 1564. His father, John Shakespeare, was a glove maker and wool merchant and his mother, Mary Arden, was the daughter of a well-to-do landowner from Wilmcote, South Warwickshire. It is likely Shakespeare was educated at the local King Edward VI Grammar School in Stratford. Marriage The next documented event in Shakespeare’s life is his marriage at the age of 18 to Anne Hathaway, the…
William Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564, in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. The personal history of William Shakespeare is sort of a mystery. No birth records exist. Though there are church records which state that he was baptized on April 23, 1564. So historians consider this his official birth date. Stratford-upon-Avon was near London and at Shakespeare's time, was considered as a market town. It bisected with the River Avon (hence the name). He had 5 siblings; two older sisters and three…
William Shakespeare was a poet and playwright from England. Although his actual birthdate is unknown, most scholars believe he was born close to April 23, 1564. Shakespeare was baptized at Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon in England on April 26, 1564. He was the third child of John Shakespeare and Mary Arden. John Shakespeare worked as a leather merchant and his wife, Mary Arden, was a local landed heiress. William had two older sisters, Joan and Judith, and three younger brothers, Gilbert…
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright and has been regarded as the greatest and most influential playwright in the English language. He was born on the 26th of April, 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, England to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden. He was one of six children, with three younger brothers, Gilbert, Edmund and Richard and two older sisters, Judith and Joan. William and his brothers received a free education at King Edward Vl Grammar School due to his father’s election as an…
his play Henry V, William Shakespeare wrote the character of Captain Gower as a man, an officer in the English army. In his version of the play at the Folger Theatre in Washington, D.C., director Robert Richmond makes Gower a lusty tavern wench crushing on Captain MacMorris. He also turns the soldier Bates into a nun, but still gives her the line, "Be friends, you English fools, be friends. We have French quarrels enough." Go get 'em, sister. But, hey, the argument goes, Shakespeare did not write enough…
England. Which molded Shakespeare into changing how plays were produced. He had a "devotion to character development, stage direction, and mood-setting props, he combined lifelike realism with style to produce 38 plays coveted by actors and audiences alike." Paraphrase: In this section of the article, it talks about William Shakespeare's life. Where and what date he was born. It also talks about who his father was and what he did for a living. Tells the reader about how Shakespeare did not go to college…
William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was the greatest playwright the world has ever known! His talent with using the English language has never had any competition, not even today. With his wonderful talent he has produced thirty-seven plays. Although Shakespeare has died more than four hundred years ago he is still very famous around the world today. William Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564. He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in England. The people of England still…
change. The other option is that new words are being created all the time- Shakespeare was making up words himself at times when no existing words would serve his purpose. Shakespeare’s work is full of words that are in the way out of language. As well as reflecting the changing language of his period, Shakespeare’s work has a considerable influence on contemporary English. Many of the words and idioms that were new when Shakespeare was writing have found their way into the standard vocabulary of the…
William Shakespeare William Shakespeare Task 1 Stratford-upon-Avon, UK 1564 he was born He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in the year 1564. April 23, 1616 he was 52 when he died Shakespeare died on April 23rd, 1616 at the age of 52. He lived in Stratford-upon-Avon for most of his life. He had six siblings altogether, three sisters and three brothers. Hamnet Shakespeare, Judith Quiney, Susanna Hall were his children. He married Anne Hathaway In the year 1582 His parents were John Shakespeare and…
William Shakespeare was great English playwright, dramatist and poet who lived during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Shakespeare is considered to be the greatest playwright of all time. No other writer’s plays have been produced so many times or read so widely in so many countries as his. William Shakespeare was born in Stratford in 1564. He was one of eight children. When William Shakespeare was about seven years old, he probably began attending the Stratford Grammar…