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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE A poet and actor
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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.
