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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE WAS AN ENGLISH POET AND PLAYWRIGHT
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HE WAS BORN 23rd APRIL 1564 IN STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
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DRAFT OF HIS HOUSE
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EXACT COPY OF HIS HOUSE
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THEIR PARENTS WERE QUITE RICH AND HE WENT TO A GRAMMAR SCHOOL WHERE HE STUDIED GREEK AND LATIN
NOTES COINS
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GREEK LATIN
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SHAKESPEARE´S WIFE ANNE HATHAWAY
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THEY GOT MARRIED WHEN SHE WAS PREGNANT
THEY GOT MARRIED WHEN SHE WAS PREGNANT. SHE WAS 26 AND SHAKESPEARE WAS 18.
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AFTER HIS MARRIAGE HE MOVED TO LONDON TO BECOME A PLAYWRIGHT
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DURING THEIR MARRIAGE HE LIVED IN LONDON SHE LIVED IN STRATFORD
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SHAKESPEARE AS A WRITER
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WORKS POEMS PLAYS
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PLAYS COMEDY TRAGEDY HISTORY
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MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
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THE PLAY TAKES PLACE IN MESSINA, A PORT ON THE ITALIAN ISLAND OF SICILY
IT WAS RULED BY ARAGON
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THIS PLAY IS A ROMANTIC COMEDY
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THEATRE THE GLOBE
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HIS THEATRE WAS DESTROYED BECAUSE OF A FIRE
THE GLOBE BURNT FIRE
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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE THEATRE
IT WAS VERY POPULAR QUEEN ELIZABETH WAS A GREAT SUPPORTER OF THEATRE. PLAYS WERE PERFORMED IN DAYLIGHT WOMEN WERE NOT ALLOWED TO ACT IN THE PLAYS AND YOUNG BOYS PLAYED ALL THE FEMALES ROLES.
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SHAKESPEARE IS CONSIDERED THE GREATEST WRITER IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND A VERY IMPORTANT DRAMATIST
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