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William Shakespeare By: Tom B. 4-15-03 Period 7 1564 Shakespeare was born in April of 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. The day of his birth is not officially known, but it is said to be April 23. 1582 Shakespeare was married in 1582 to a girl by the name of Anne Hathaway. 1586-1592
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William Shakespeare By: Tom B. 4-15-03 Period 7
1564 Shakespeare was born in April of 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. The day of his birth is not officially known, but it is said to be April 23. 1582 Shakespeare was married in 1582 to a girl by the name of Anne Hathaway. 1586-1592 There is no record of Shakespeare’s life from 1586-1592. This period of time has been called “The Lost Years”. 1592-1611 From 1592-1611 Shakespeare created most and the best of his works. Many of these plays and poems are still considered today to be masterpieces. 1616 Shakespeare died in 1616 from an unknown cause. Time Line
Comedies All's Well That Ends Well As You Like It The Comedy of Errors Cymbeline Love's Labours Lost Measure for Measure The Merry Wives of Windsor The Merchant of Venice A Midsummer Night's Dream Much Ado About Nothing Pericles, Prince of Tyre Taming of the Shrew The Tempest Troilus and Cressida Twelfth Night Two Gentlemen of Verona Winter's Tale Poetry The Sonnets A Lover's Complaint The Rape of Lucrece Venus and Adonis Funeral Elegy by W.S. Histories Henry IV, part 1 Henry IV, part 2 Henry V Henry VI, part 1 Henry VI, part 2 Henry VI, part 3 Henry VIII King John Richard II Richard III Tragedies Henry IV, part 1 Henry IV, part 2 Henry V Henry VI, part 1 Henry VI, part 2 Henry VI, part 3 Henry VIII King John Richard II Richard III A list of Shakespeare’s Works
Shakespeare was born to John and Mary Shakespeare. John was leather worker and a politician. He had 7 siblings, being the third child and first son. William Shakespeare’s Family
Education Although there is no record of Shakespeare attending the Stratford grammar school, it is certain that he did attend for two reasons. It was built for the purpose to educate the sons all the citizens. And also all sons of government dignitaries attended for free.
Shakespeare’s Recognition It is uncertain that Shakespeare won any awards in his time, but he certainly was recognized greatly for his work. Robert Greene, a minor Elizabethan playwright, had written: “for there is an upstart Crow, beautified with our feathers, that with his Tygers hart wrapt in a Players hyde, supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blanke verse as the best of you: and beeing an absolute Johannes fac totum, is in his owne conceit the onely Shake-scene in a countrey”.
Works Cited • http://www.cv81pl.freeserve.co.uk/stratford.htm • http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/ • http://the-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/
