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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare. Born 1564 in Stratford upon Avon, England … April 23 rd. Shakespeare: the facts. Parents were John— glovemaker , local politician and Mary—daughter of wealthy landowner Shakespeare had 7 brothers and sisters. Shakespeare: the facts.

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William Shakespeare

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  1. William Shakespeare Born 1564 in Stratford upon Avon, England…April 23rd

  2. Shakespeare: the facts Parents were John—glovemaker, local politician and Mary—daughter of wealthy landowner Shakespeare had 7 brothers and sisters

  3. Shakespeare: the facts • Spelling not yet standardized, thus name spelled in different ways • Shakespeare, Shakspere, Shackspere, Shaxper, Shagspere, Shaxberd, etc.

  4. King’s New School- Shakespeare’s School

  5. Married Life Married in November, 1582, to Anne Hathaway Anne was pregnant at the time First daughter Susanna born in May, 1583 Twins (Hamnet and Judith) christened on February 2, 1585 No documentary evidence between 1585-1592 Sometime in this period, he moved to London and began working in the theatre.

  6. Anne Hathaway's Cottage

  7. Throughout the middle ages plays were performed by workers in towns and were religious based, often retelling stories from the Bible. Elizabethan writers introduced theatre audiences to horror, the supernatural and GORE… Ellizabethan Theater: Intro

  8. The Globe Theater • Globe built in 1599 by the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, with Shakespeare as a primary investor • Burned down in 1613 during a production of Shakespeare’s Henry VIII when a cannon misfired and a spark landed on the thatched roof

  9. The Plays • 10 HISTORIES – Richard III, Richard II, Henry IV… • 10 TRAGEDIES – ends in death • Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Othello… • Plays firmly attributed to Shakespeare • 14 COMEDIES – ends in marriage • Midsummer Night’s Dream, Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night, As You Like It, Much Ado about Nothing… • 4 romances – Pericles, Cymbeline, Winter’s Tale, Tempest

  10. The Poetry Two major poems Venus and Adonis Rape of Lucrece 154 Sonnets Numerous other poems Poetry usually dedicated to a patron

  11. Sonnet 18 • Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? • Thou art more lovely and more temperate: • Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, • And summer's lease hath all too short a date: • Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, • And often is his gold complexion dimmed, • And every fair from fair sometime declines, • By chance, or nature's changing course untrimmed: • But thy eternal summer shall not fade, • Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st, • Nor shall death brag thou wand'rest in his shade, • When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st, • So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, • So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

  12. Shakespeare Today Elizabethan theatre is still plays a part in our day to day lives, mostly through the influence of Shakespeare. You can find references to his work in films, novels, plays, musicals, songs, poetry, artwork, satire…Even today his characters and storylines continue to inspire…

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