William Shakespeare- Author Study

Childhood William Shakespeare Was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, a quiet market town on He was baptized at Holy Trinity Church on April 26, 1564 William Shakespeare was the third of eight children born to Mary Arden and John Shakespeare, but he was the first of their children to survive past infancy. Three of the Children died in their youth. April 23, 1564.

Parents His Father, John Shakespeare, had a remarkable run of success as a tradesman, alderman, and high bailiff (mayor) of Stratford. He was a glover (maker of gloves and leather goods.) His mother, Mary Arden, was a local heiress She was a woman who inherits or has a right of inheritance.

Shakespeare’s Schooldays At the age of five, Shakespeare began attending school six days a week at King Edward VI Grammar School The long school day began around seven in the morning and ended around five at night. At school, boys studied mostly Latin.

three children Marriage When William was 18 years old, he married Anne Hathaway, who was eight years older than him and pregnant. The marriage was a hurried affair, taking place in secret rather than in a public ceremony At the age of twenty, Shakespeare had a wife and three children

Marriage Cont. Six months after their marriage, in May of 1583, their first child, Susanna was born. Two years later, William and Anne welcomed twins, a girl and a boy, into their family. The girl, Judith, was a healthy child but the boy, Hamnet, did not live through his later childhood years. Shakespeare would see his wife and children little in the next eleven years, most likely visiting only once a year.

Theater William Shakespeare is the most influential writer in the world, but he left us no journals or letters, however, he left us only his poems and his plays. He had an ability to capture the interests and imaginations of playgoes of that time. Shakespeare had become an actor and playwright in 1592.

Theater The theater was divided into higher-priced balcony seats and the cheap floor space, where the groundlings stood. Shakespeare’s plays had a darling mixture of violence and romance, and Shakespeare’s words brought his audiences straight into the heart of each and every character. As a playwright, he made little money for the writing he did, and he made even less money for his acting. Shakespeare became part owner of London’s Globe Theater, which became the home of The Lord Chamberlain’s Men.

Finale At the age of 46, Shakespeare move back to Stratford as a wealthy gentleman. He continued to write plays and hold his connections to the Globe Theater, but in 1613, the Globe Theater burned down, indicating Shakespeare’s retirement from the theater. Shakespeare entertained Ben Jonson and the poet Michael Brayton one night in April 1616. They had a entertaining time together, drinking wine, eating, and laughing about their lives.

Soon after that night, Shakespeare felt ill. He died on his birthday, April 23, at the age of 52, and was buried two days later inside the chancel of the Holy Trinity Church in Statford. By the time of his death at age fifty-two, Shakespeare had produced nearly 40 plays and more that 150 sonnets. He had earned a good reputation as a poet of the people. Shakespeare Finale