 Baptized on April 26 th, 1564  Exact date of birth is unknown  Assumed he was born on April 23 rd  Baptism usually took place 3 days after birth  Born in Stratford-Upon-Avon in a house on Henley Street  Father: John Shakespeare  Mother: Mary Arden

Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-Upon-Avon Shakespeare’s birthplace, House on Henley Street

 Married Anne Hathaway on November 28 th, 1582  Shakespeare, 18  Anne, 26 (considered middle-aged)  Assumed that their marriage was not a happy one  6 mos. later, Susanna is born  1585 Anne gives birth to twins  Hamnet and Judith  Hamnet dies of unknown causes at age 11

 Family was pretty well-off  John  town mayor  John comes across some $ trouble  Possibly due to drinking  Almost all of Shakespeare’s siblings die at a young age

 First period  Cheerful period, showing youthful love and imagination A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, The Comedy of Errors  Second period   Progress in Dramatic Art  Deeper insight to human nature  Sense of sadness As You Like It, The Merchant of Venice, Henry V, IV

 Third period   Time that Shakespeare may have been ‘out of sorts’  Father dies in 1601  Wrote many tragedies Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, King Lear  Fourth period   Calm strength and sweetness  Mother dies in 1608  Recollection of her kindness may have spurred the more positive outlook on life Cymbeline, The Winter’s Tale, The Tempest

 First Lost Years   Second Lost Years   Not much information about S during this time period  People believe during these lost years Shakespeare:  Perfected his craft  Established himself as a dramatist  Gained experience at the theatre

 Much like Poe, Shakespeare’s death is also a mystery  Possibly because of drinking  Dies on his 53 rd birthday, April 23 rd, 1616  S gives all of his land to his eldest daughter and gives Anne the “second-best bed”  Another hint to their unhappy marriage

 Opened in 1599 in Bankside, Southward, London  Octagonal shaped building  Open air arena – circular shape  Two doors  Main entrance and exit door  Arena projected halfway into the pit  “Apron” stage  Stage extended past proscenium arch  Surrounded by three tiers of roofed galleries with balconies

 Could hold ~1,500 people  Shakespeare became part owner of the Globe  Virtual tour of the Globe  us/virtual-tour  Destroyed by a fire on June 29 th, 1613