WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

A poet and actor

BIOGRAPHY

He was born in 1564.

He was the third of seven siblings.

His father was called John Shakespeare and his

mother Mary Arden.

He studied at the Stratford Grammar School…

…located in Stratford, United Kingdom.

He learned Latin and Greek at the grammar school.

At the age of 13 he had to leave because of his father's financial

difficulties.

Latin

Greek

He grew up in Henley Street, some hundred miles northwest of

London.

His house

When he was 18 he got married with Anne Hathaway, who was 26.

They had two daughters called Susana Hall and Judith

Quiney and a son called Hamnet who died when he was only

11 years old.

He started to work in the theater, as an actor and

as a writer when he was 20. In his late 30's he

owned the Globe theater.

His succeed in London let him to move to his house

in Stratford.

It is popularly believed that he died on his birthday,

year 1616.

QUIZ

How many plays and sonnets did Shakespeare

write?

- William Shakespeare wrote 37 plays and 154

sonnets, he also wrote 4 lyrical plays.

Was Shakespeare an actor?

- He rarely participated in plays as an actor.

QUIZ

Why is Shakespeare called the bard?

- He is called the bard because bard means poet.

Where is Shakespeare buried?

- Shakespeare is buried in the church of the Holy

Trinity in Stratford, his hometown.