1. William Shakespeare
By Änna Williams

2. ?? Where Did Will Come From ??
Stratford-on-Avon in Warwickshire
Apr. 26, 1564
Father – merchant
Mother – came from prominent country family
Age 18 – married Anna Hathaway (26 yrs. Old)
3 kids:
Daughter – Susanna
Twins – Hamnet & Judith

3. Est. June 1482 but can be traced back to 1295.

4. The Edward VI School is still in operation today.
The Garden

5. ?Anything Else? ?Taught school? A lawyer? A soldier?
in London writing plays
1593 – achieved fame as an author for poem Venus & Adonis

6. Early Plays Immense variety All regularly revived & performed
Richard III
The Comedy of Errors
Titus Andronicus
The Taming of the Shrew
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Love’s Labor’s Lost
Romeo and Juliet
All regularly revived & performed

7. = Member of one company Became shareholder of Globe
Lord Chamberlain’s Men
Became shareholder of Globe
1600 – associating w/ members of aristocracy

8. Last Yrs. of
Completed cycle of plays about England during Wars of the Roses
Wrote:
Julius Caesar
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The Merchant of Venice
Much Ado About Nothing
Twelfth Night
Wrote & rewrote Hamlet *

9. The Plague Performed many plays for court & new king
King renamed the King’s Men
Gave special clothing for state occasions
Increased salaries
Appointed chief members to be grooms of royal chamber

10. Tragic Period Early 17th century Wrote great tragedies
Thought to be unhappy & depressed even though doing very well economically
Thought to be depressed over brother’s death 1607
By this time though tragic period almost over
Some comedies

11. Last Years 1610 retirement? Still going strong Timon of Athens
Coriolanus
Pericles
Cymbeline
The Winter’s Tale
The Tempest
The Two Noble Kinsmen
Henry VIII *

12. R.I.P. Died Apr. 23,1616 Buried under floor of Stratford Church
Good friend, for Jesus’ sake forbear,
To dig the dust enclosed here.
Blest be the man who spares these stones,
And curst be he who moves my bones.

13. Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593)
Playwrights
Fellow
Thomas Middleton ( )
Ben Johnson ( )
Christopher Marlowe ( )
Thomas Kyd ( )

14. Odds & Ends Issues addressed Genius? Complete man of theatre
Women
Paranormal
Religion
Racial prejudice
Genius?
Characters represent vast range of human behaviors & attitudes
Careful observation & imagination
Complete man of theatre
Provided great roles in every play
Incorporated music
Doubled & tripled roles in plays
Never out of print
More than 30 plays
More than 150 poems

15. Shake thru the Centuries
16th Cen.
17th Cen.
18th Cen.
19th Cen.
20th Cen.

16. The End
Thanks to:
Clayborne, Anna and Rebecca Treays. The Usborne World of Shakespeare, Internet-linked. Scholastic, Inc.:NY. June 2006.
“William Shakespeare”. Elements of Literature, 5th course. Teacher’s edition. Holt, Rhinehart, Winston pgs