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William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Of course, you know the name of William Shakespeare very well. He was one of the world's greatest writers. Не was born in Stratford-on-Avon, a small English The Stratford school was a difficult place at that time. The pupils had to be at school at six in the morning in the warm seasons and an hour later in winter. School days were long, and only in the holidays could William Shakespeare have a real rest. He went to the woods and to the river Avon. But the best things of all in Will’s life were groups of actors who visited Stratford from time to time. He watched them and knew that he wanted to be an actor. When William was twenty-one, he went to London. He became an actor there and later he began to write plays.

Blazon with motto of Shakespeare’s sort When William was twenty-one, he went to London. He became an actor there and later he began to write plays. Shakespeare watched the new life and he showed how differently people understood it. Life itself was shown in his plays. Shakespeare's heroes are still on the stage. We go to the theatre or cinema to meet them again and again. William Shakespeare's four hundredth birthday was celebrated in 1964 all over the world. A beautiful stamp of that year made in our country shows his portrait and scenes from Romeo and Juliet. Blazon with motto of Shakespeare’s sort

The Globe Theatre in London He was probably the son of a businessman and was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. He probably attended the local grammar school and got a classical education. In 1582 he married Anne Hathaway and had three children. Little is known of his life before 1592, when he appeared as a playwright in London. Soon he became an actor playing supporting roles like the «I hamlet». I n 1599 Shakespeare became a part owner of the Globe Theatre in London. Shakespeare's work as a playwright is subdivided into three periods. Written in the first period, Shakespeare's plays are mostly history plays like «Henry VI», and comedies with strong elements of farce («The Comedy of Errors»). His masterpiece of this period is «Romeo and Juliet».

First publishing "Sonnet" (1609) Shakespeare was a great poet and would be well known for his poetry alone. His major achievement as a poet is his sonnets, first published in 1609. A sonnet is a poem consisting of 14 lines, with a moral at the end. The sonnets are addressed to some «W.H. » and to the mysterious «Dark Lady of Sonnets». The sonnets deal with the great themes of love, friendship, death, change and immortality. Shakespeare looks at his own poetry as a means of immortality. Shakespeare's sonnets arc excellent. They are full of harmony and music; they praise love, friendship and beauty, though there is no sentimentality in them. Shakespeare's poetry is at the summit of human achievement. Many centuries have passed since his death in 1616, but Shakespeare is still considered to be the greatest of all playwrights and poets.

In 1592 Shakespeare becomes the member of the London actor's troupe Byorbedzha, but since 1599 - also one of the shareholder of the enterprise. Under Yakove I Shakespeare’s troupe has got the status royal. The usury concerned with for many years Shakespeare. In 1612 Shakespeare left on an unknown reason in retirement and returned in native Stratford, where his wife and daughters lived. From March 15 1616 year Shakespeare’s Testaments were signed by illegible handwriting, on the grounds of what some researchers suppose that he was in that time is seriously been ill. In April 23 1616 Shakespeare died.