 – Born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Scotland  1582 – married to Anne Hathaway  1585 – moved to London  1613 – returned to Sratford  – died

They married in 1592 and had three children: Susan, Hamnet, Judith.

 Titus Andronicus first performed in 1594 (printed in 1594),  Romeo and Juliet (1597),  Hamlet (1603),  Julius Caesar (1623),  Othello (1622),  Antony and Cleopatra (1623),  King Lear 1606 (1608),  Coriolanus (1623), derived from Plutarch  Timon of Athens (1623), and  Macbeth (1623).

 King Henry VI Part (printed in 1594);  King Henry VI Part (1594);  King Henry VI Part (1623);  King John (1623);  King Henry IV Part (1598);  King Henry IV Part (1600);  King Henry V (1600);  Richard II (1597);  Richard III 1601 (1597); and  King Henry VIII (1623)

 Taming of the Shrew first performed (1623),  Comedy of Errors 1594 (1623),  Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623),  Love's Labour's Lost (1598),  Midsummer Night's Dream (1600),  Merchant of Venice (1600),  Much Ado About Nothing (1600),  As You Like It (1623),  Merry Wives of Windsor (1602),  Troilus and Cressida 1602 (1609),  Twelfth Night 1602 (1623),  All's Well That Ends Well (1623),  Measure for Measure 1604 (1623),  Pericles, Prince of Tyre (1609),  Tempest (1611),  Cymbeline (1623),  Winter's Tale (1623).

His tombstone is inscribed with the following epitaph: Good friend for Jesus sake forbeare To digg the dust encloased heare Blessed by y man y spares hes stones And curst be he y moves my bones