William+Shakespeare

There are is not a definite date to when Shakespeare was born, but he was baptized on April 26, 1564. Shakespeare’s parents were John Shakespeare and Mary Arden. He had seven siblings. Shakespeare’s childhood was very basic and he went to a free public school and he was taught the classics.

Shakespeare first experienced drama with travelling theaters. He also started to help acting groups write plays when he moved to London. When Shakespeare was 14, he left school due to his father’s financial situation.

In November 1582, Shakespeare Married Ann Hathaway. The children they had were Susanna, Hamnet and Judith. In his will, Shakespeare left his wife his 2nd best bed to represent that he was leaving her his house and children it is assumed he was buried on his best bed the idea of leaving his 2nd best bed is a supposed to leave his imaginary poetry.

During his life, Shakespeare wrote 37 plays divided into different genres such as tragedy, history and comedy.

COMEDIES [|All's Well That Ends Well] [|As You Like It] [|Comedy of Errors] [|Love's Labour's Lost] [|Measure for Measure] [|Merchant of Venice]

HISTORIES [|Cymbeline] [|Henry IV, Part I] [|Henry IV, Part II] [|Henry V] [|Henry VI, Part I] [|Henry VI, Part II] [|Henry VI, Part III] [|Henry VIII] [|King John] [|Pericles] [|Richard II] [|Richard III]

TRAGEDIES [|Antony and Cleopatra] [|Coriolanus] [|Hamlet] [|Julius Caesar] [|King Lear] [|Macbeth] [|Othello] [|Romeo and Juliet] [|Timon of Athens] [|Titus Andronicus] [|Troilus and Cressida]

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