The Man who Would Be known

Simply as Shakespeare
was born in Stratford-upon-
Avon and baptised there on 26
April 1564
William Shakespeare was born
in a rich family and was the
son of John Shakespeare, an
alderman and a successful
glover originally from
Snitterfield, and Mary Arden,
the daughter of an affluent
landowning farmer

birth place of
william
shakespeare

shakespeare at the time
of his birth
SHAKESPEARE's CHILDHOOD
most biographers agree that
Shakespeare was probably educated
at the King's New School in
Stratford, a free school chartered in
1553, about a quarter-mile from his
home.

Grammar schools varied in quality
during the Elizabethan era, but the
grammar curriculum was
standardised by royal decree
throughout England, and the school
would have provided an intensive
education in Latin grammar based
upon Latin classical authors

Learned business as an apprentice
for his father
shakespeare at age of 12
THE LOVER STAGE WILLIAM'S LIFE
At the age of 18, Shakespeare
married the 26-year-old Anne
Hathaway. The consistory court
of the Diocese of Worcester
issued a marriage licence on 27
November 1582.
six months after the marriage
Anne gave birth to a daughter,
Susanna, baptised 26 May
1583.[17] Twins, son Hamnet
and daughter J udith, followed
almost two years later and were
baptised 2 February 1585.
She was 8 years his senior and 3
months pregnant when they
married.

Anne Hathaway
PROFESSIONAL STAGE OF THE BARD
At the stage of 19 he became a
teacher
I t is not known exactly when
Shakespeare began writing, but
contemporary allusions and records
of performances show that several of
his plays were on the London stage
by 1592.[27] He was well enough
known in London by then to be
attacked in print by the playwright
Robert Greene in his Groats-Worth
of Wit.
Shakespeare is accused of using
dirty tricks to increasing his rank
and match the rank of the university
educated authors such as
Christopher Marlowe, Thomas
Nashe
The London stage
Christopher Marlowe
I n 1599, a partnership of company
members built their own theatre on
the south bank of the River Thames,
which they called the Globe. I n 1608,
the partnership also took over the
Blackfriars indoor theatre. Records
of Shakespeare's property purchases
and investments indicate that the
company made him a wealthy man.
I n 1597, he bought the second-
largest house in Stratford, New
Place, and in 1605, he invested in a
share of the parish tithes in
Stratford.
Shakespeare audience was a
religious christian community which
beleived in heaven and hell.in
accordence to their entainment style
he wrote 38plays and 154 sonnets.
His Professional Excellence
New Place sketched by
George Vertue when he
visited Stratford-upon-Avon
in 1737.
The Plays
Early plays, 1590s, were mainly comedy
Comedy (and this could be extended
to most of Shakespeare's history
plays as well) is social--leading to a
happy resolution (usually a marriage
or marriages) and social
unification.
Shakespeare began to focus on
tragedy/dramatic themes in the early
1600s
Tragedy is individual, concentrating
on the suffering of a single,
remarkable hero--leading to
individual torment, waste and death
1608 marks a change in tone from
tragedy to romance, light, magic,
and reconciliation
his plays include:-
Comedy of Errors 1592
The Taming of the Shrew 1592-94
Love's Labor's Lost 1594-95
Two Gentlemen of Verona 1594-95
A Midsummer Night's Dream 1595-96
The Merchant of Venice 1596-97
Much Ado About Nothing 1598-99
As You Like I t 1599-1600
Twelfth Night 1599-1600
Merry Wives of Windsor 1601-02
Troilus and Cressida 1601-02
All's Well That Ends Well 1602-03
Measure for Measure 1604-05
Titus Andronicus 1593-94
Romeo and Juliet 1594-95
Hamlet 1600-01
Othello 1604-05
The Tragedy of King Lear 1605-06
Macbeth 1605-06
Timon of Athens 1607-(?)
Cymbeline 1609-10
The Winter's Tale 1610-11
Tempest 1611-12
Henry VI parts I , I I , I I I 1590-92
Richard I I I 1590-92
King J ohn 1594-96
Richard I I 1597-(?)
King Henry I V part I , part I I 1597-
98
Henry V (1599) 1598-99
J ulius Caesar 1599-1600
Henry VI I I 1613-(?)
Antony and Cleopatra 1606-07
Coriolanus 1607-08
THE RETIREMENT STAGE OF WILLIAM
SHAKESPEARE
there was a great craze among the peaple
to watch william shakespeare's plays at
that time even at a great cos
1 shilling to stand
2 shillings to sit in the balcony
1 shilling was 10% of their weekly
income for middle class
Broadway Today:
$85 Orchestra
$60 Balcony
10% of a teachers weekly salary

his conrtibution in the field of
litratute made him earn the title of
the greatest writer in the English
language and the"Bard of Avon"
the decesion of
shakespeare to buy
shares bard was proven
worthy in his
retirement age.
the bard retired to
sanford and lived on
profits from the globe
threatre.
he earned 200-250 a
month from that
threatre.
The Globe Theater
The Old Age of The Bard
in his old age the bard saw
manydisturbance in his personal
and professional life.
I n 1612, Shakespeare was called
as a witness in Bellott v.
Mountjoy, a court case
concerning the marriage
settlement of Mountjoy's
daughter, Mary
After 16061607, Shakespeare
wrote fewer plays, and none are
attributed to him after 1613.[53]
His last three plays were
collaborations, probably with
J ohn Fletcher,[54] who
succeeded him as the house
playwright for the Kings Men
shakespeare at the age of 44
The End Of The Bard
Shakespeare died on 23 April
1616 and was suceeded by his
wife and two daughters. Susanna
had married a physician, J ohn
Hall, in 1607, and J udith had
married Thomas Quiney, a
vintner, two months before
Shakespeares death
I n his will, Shakespeare left the
bulk of his large estate to his
elder daughter Susanna who was
very close to shakespeare's heart.
Shakespeare's will scarcely
mentions his wife, Anne, who
was probably entitled to one third
of his estate automatically

shakespeare's grave

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