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The Life of Shakespeare Beth Gsellman

The Life of Shakespeare Beth Gsellman. His birth Family Education Writing Death. The Birth of Shakespeare. Born on April 23, 1564 and was baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. The third of eight children and oldest son.

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The Life of Shakespeare Beth Gsellman

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  1. The Life of Shakespeare Beth Gsellman • His birth • Family • Education • Writing • Death

  2. The Birth of Shakespeare • Born on April 23, 1564 and was baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. • The third of eight children and oldest son A drawing by Richard Green of the birthplace of Shakespeare

  3. Shakespeare’s Family • John and Mary Shakespeare were his mother and father • Siblings: Joan, Margaret, William, Gilbert, Joan, Anne, Richard, Edmund • Married Anne Hathaway and had 3 children: Susanna, Hamnet, and Judith (Hamnet died as a child).

  4. Education • Shakespeare possibly only attended school until the age of 13 The hornbook is what Shakespeare would have used in school. It included the alphabet and the Lord’s Prayer.

  5. Writing • Lived in London in 1588 • Was an actor also • Wrote many types of plays (ie: historical, comedy, tragedy, romance) • Henry VI (1590) • Richard III (1592)

  6. Writing (continued) • The Comedy of Errors (1592), • The Taming of the Shrew (1593), • Love’s Labour’s Lost (1594) • A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1595)

  7. Writing (continued) • Romeo and Juliet (1595) • Hamlet (1601) • Othello (1604) From As You Like It (1599)

  8. The Audience and Theaters of Shakespeare • His acting company was called the Chamberlain’s Men/ The King’s Men • The Globe Theater • Only male actors The Globe Theater, which Shakespeare helped to open

  9. The Death of Shakespeare • Died on April 23, 1616 • Buried in Holy Trinity Church, the same place where he was baptized

  10. Excerpt from 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:

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