Unit 3 Young William Shakespeare. William Shakespeare: Playwright, Poet.
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William Shakespeare and the GlobeBy Aliki
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William Shakespeare has been called “The Greatest
Writer in the English Language.”
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He was born on April 23, 1564 in a small English town of Stratford-upon-Avon. It was called this because it was nestled next to the River Avon.
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Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway in 1582. He was 18 and she was 26.
The home of Anne Hathaway.
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They had 3 children.
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James Burbage, below, built the first public
playhouse in England.
1567-1619
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In the Early 1590s,the plague in London led to
theatre closings.
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Shakespeare turned to poetry writing. He wrote 154 sonnets (or poems).
“Shall I compare thee to a summer day . . . ?”-a line from Sonnet 18
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Ben Jonson,a fellow
playwright, called
Shakespeare “Sweet Swan of Avon.” He
was later nicknamed “Bard (or poet) of Avon.”
Ben Jonson
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The Globe Theatre opened by mid-1599
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It was an Open-air Playhouse
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From 1590-1613 Shakespeare wrote 36
plays.
Mel Gibson, in Shakespeare’s Hamlet
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Queen Elizabeth I
• Monarch of England (at age 25) from 1558-1603
• Her father, Henry VIII, beheaded her mother for treason
• Believed in a strong navy• Commerce, industry, and
the arts flourished• A huge patron of the arts
and especially of Shakespeare’s plays
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The Globe burnt down in 1613, during a
performance of Henry VIII.
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The Globe was rebuilt in 1997 just 200 meters from
the original site.
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More Photos of the Globe
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The River Thames
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An aerial view of the Thames
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London Bridge
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A wherry, used in Shakespeare’s time to
transport people across the river.
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index.cfm • http://www.sussex.ac.uk/Units/cems/courses.htm