William Shakespeare By Änna Williams
?? Where Did Will Come From ?? Stratford-on-Avon in Warwickshire Apr. 26, 1564 Father – merchant Mother – came from prominent country family Age 18 – married Anna Hathaway (26 yrs. Old) 3 kids: Daughter – Susanna Twins – Hamnet & Judith
Est. June 1482 but can be traced back to 1295. http://www.kes.net/
The Edward VI School is still in operation today. The Garden
?Anything Else? ?Taught school? A lawyer? A soldier? 1592 - in London writing plays 1593 – achieved fame as an author for poem Venus & Adonis
Early Plays Immense variety All regularly revived & performed Richard III The Comedy of Errors Titus Andronicus The Taming of the Shrew The Two Gentlemen of Verona Love’s Labor’s Lost Romeo and Juliet All regularly revived & performed
= Member of one company Became shareholder of Globe Lord Chamberlain’s Men Became shareholder of Globe 1600 – associating w/ members of aristocracy
Last Yrs. of Completed cycle of plays about England during Wars of the Roses Wrote: Julius Caesar A Midsummer Night’s Dream The Merchant of Venice Much Ado About Nothing Twelfth Night Wrote & rewrote Hamlet *
The Plague Performed many plays for court & new king King renamed the King’s Men Gave special clothing for state occasions Increased salaries Appointed chief members to be grooms of royal chamber
Tragic Period Early 17th century Wrote great tragedies Thought to be unhappy & depressed even though doing very well economically Thought to be depressed over brother’s death 1607 By this time though tragic period almost over Some comedies
Last Years 1610 retirement? Still going strong Timon of Athens Coriolanus Pericles Cymbeline The Winter’s Tale The Tempest The Two Noble Kinsmen Henry VIII *
R.I.P. Died Apr. 23,1616 Buried under floor of Stratford Church Good friend, for Jesus’ sake forbear, To dig the dust enclosed here. Blest be the man who spares these stones, And curst be he who moves my bones.
Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) Playwrights Fellow Thomas Middleton (1570-1627) Ben Johnson (1572-1637) Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) Thomas Kyd (1558-1594)
Odds & Ends Issues addressed Genius? Complete man of theatre Women Paranormal Religion Racial prejudice Genius? Characters represent vast range of human behaviors & attitudes Careful observation & imagination Complete man of theatre Provided great roles in every play Incorporated music Doubled & tripled roles in plays Never out of print More than 30 plays More than 150 poems
Shake thru the Centuries 16th Cen. 17th Cen. 18th Cen. 19th Cen. 20th Cen.
The End Thanks to: Clayborne, Anna and Rebecca Treays. The Usborne World of Shakespeare, Internet-linked. Scholastic, Inc.:NY. June 2006. “William Shakespeare”. Elements of Literature, 5th course. Teacher’s edition. Holt, Rhinehart, Winston. 2000. pgs. 289-296.