Shakespeare Janet Jensen

Shakespeare’s Life Birth date April, 1563 in Stratford, England John Shakespeare, Leather and City gov. Mary Arden Grammar school 1582 Ann Hathaway Stratford

Shakespeare’s Theatre Plague Many deaths Plays were written to please royalty Globe, The Theatre No lights. No women, Lower class audiences

The History of the Play Romeo and Juliet was adapted from a poem written two hundred years before Shakespeare came on the scene. There is also a legend that there were two young people that indeed ran away together, were hunted down, and did kill themselves before they were found. The Poem has more substantial evidence.

Pictures from Shakespeare

Shakespearean Dress

Romeo and Juliet Project

Shakespeare’s Contribution to the Language He invented 32,000 words. We use about 5,000 today. He invented: hot blooded, He invented phrases: Leapfrog is an example of a compound word invented by Shakespeare.