William Shakespeare was born, in Stratford-Upon-Avon, in 1564 and he died. Josh shakespeare, his father, made and sole gloves, he was an important person in Stratford. Mary Arden, her mother, came from a rich family. Shakespeare have eight brothers/sister, but three of them died young, so he grew up with four brother and one sister.
Shakespeare went to Grammar school in Stratford but later her father had problems with money and Shakespeare didn't go to universitiy.
Shakespeare ( he was 18) married Anne Hathaway ( she was 26). They had a daughter, Susanna, ans twins in 1585, a boy Hamlet and a girl Judith. One of twins, Hamlet, died when he eas only 11.
Between 1585 and 1592 he was already working in London as an actor and playwright. In 1594 he became a member of a company of actors called the "Lord Chamberlain's" , this company became the most succeful in London.
Then he built the Globe Theatre in 1599, and later changed its name to " The King's Men". In 608 he rote two plays for this comany. Shakespeare won a lot of money both from a writing and because he owned part of the theatre.
Shakespeare became rich and wrote a lot of exciting historical dramas and romantic comedies. Later Shakespeare close the theatre because plague was dangerous and he wrote poetry, and began his sonnets.
Shakespeare died in 1616, on the same day that we think he was born, 23 April. He is buried in Holy Trinty church in Stratford.
Stratford-upon-Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon
in Stratford-upon-Avon, in central England,
in Stratford-upon-Avon, in central England,
in Stratford-upon-Avon, in central England,
in Stratford-upon-Avon, in central England,
