WHO WAS WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE?

HE WAS THE MOST FAMOUS ENGLISH WRITER

HE WAS BORN IN 1564 IN THIS HOUSE IN STRATFORD-UPON-AVON

LIFE IN TOWNS RICH FAMILIES * SERVANTS SLEPT IN THE ATTIC. * THE FAMILY LIVING ROOM AND BEDROOMS WERE ON THE FIRST FLOOR. * THE KITCHEN AND STOREROOMS ON THE GROUND FLOOR.

TUDOR TOILETS People would clean their bottoms with leaves and the rich people used soft lamb's wool.

POOR PEOPLE LIVED IN THE STREETS

PEOPLE ENTERTAINMENT SPORTS Sword-fighting Fox hunting Cock-fighting Jousting Dancing

EATING Banquets were a popular form of entertainment for the rich

THE THEATRE The popularity of the theatre rose with both rich and poor alike, during the sixteenth century. This popularity was helped by great playwrights such as William Shakespeare as well as the building of the Globe theatre in London.

EXECUTIONS Public executions always produced a carnival-like atmosphere with large crowds.

MUSIC Children from wealthy families were taught to sing and play instruments such as the lute, the flute… John Downland

TECHNOLOGY THE MICROSCOPE WAS INVENTED.

THE MOST FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHTS OF SHAKESPEARE Romeo and Juliet Hamlet The merchant of Venice Much a do about nothing A midsummer night’s dream

William Shakespeare married to Anne Hathaway and had three children

William Shakespeare was born in 1564 and he died on 23 April, 1616.

THE GREAT SPANISH WRITER CERVANTES DIED, AS SHAKESPEARE, ON 23 APRIL, 1616.

ON 23 TH APRIL We celebrate Sant Jordi