William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564 and baptized at Holy Trinity Church. He married Anne Hathaway in 1582 and had three children, though his son Hamnet died in childhood. Shakespeare had a successful career in London as an actor and writer between 1585 and 1613, producing most of his famous plays and sonnets during that time. His most renowned works include Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and King Lear. Shakespeare retired to Stratford around 1613 and died there in 1616 at the age of 52.
William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564 and baptized at Holy Trinity Church. He married Anne Hathaway in 1582 and had three children, though his son Hamnet died in childhood. Shakespeare had a successful career in London as an actor and writer between 1585 and 1613, producing most of his famous plays and sonnets during that time. His most renowned works include Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and King Lear. Shakespeare retired to Stratford around 1613 and died there in 1616 at the age of 52.
William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564 and baptized at Holy Trinity Church. He married Anne Hathaway in 1582 and had three children, though his son Hamnet died in childhood. Shakespeare had a successful career in London as an actor and writer between 1585 and 1613, producing most of his famous plays and sonnets during that time. His most renowned works include Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and King Lear. Shakespeare retired to Stratford around 1613 and died there in 1616 at the age of 52.
William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564 and baptized at Holy Trinity Church. He married Anne Hathaway in 1582 and had three children, though his son Hamnet died in childhood. Shakespeare had a successful career in London as an actor and writer between 1585 and 1613, producing most of his famous plays and sonnets during that time. His most renowned works include Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and King Lear. Shakespeare retired to Stratford around 1613 and died there in 1616 at the age of 52.
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Shakespeare's grave
On his grave is written: Good friend for Jesus sake forbear, To
dig the dust enclosed here. Blessed be the man that spares these stones, And cursed be he that moves my bones. William Shakespeare was probably born on 23 April 1564. He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon. William Shakespeare was baptized at Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 26, 1564. He was the third child of eight and the eldest surviving son.
William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway on November 28,
1582, in Worcester. William was 18 and Anne was 26. Their first child, a daughter they named Susanna, was born on May 26, 1583. Two years later, on February 2, 1585, twins Hamnet and Judith were born. Hamnet died at age 11.
After the birth of the twins, there are seven years of William Shakespeare's life where no records exist.
Between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in
London as an actor and writer. Shakespeare produced most of his known work between 1589 and 1613. With the exception of Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare's first plays were mostly histories written in the early 1590s.His early plays were mainly comedies and histories and these works remain regarded as some of the best work produced in these genres. He then wrote mainly tragedies until about 1608, considered some of the finest works in the English language. In his last phase, he wrote tragicomedies, also known as romances.
His most famous works are: Hamlet, Macbeth, Julius Caesar,
King Lear, Romeo and Juliet, King John, and others.
He became one of the most famous writers in the world, and he
is also famous today.People all around the world are reading his works.
Around 1613, at the age of 49, he retired to Stratford. He died
on 23 April 1616, at the age of 52.
My opinion about him is positive . I like his works, like most of
people on Earth. We can learn a lot from them. I will recommend his works to teenagers and older people, but i dont recommend it for kids under 11 years old, because they dont understand essence of it.