1. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Paulina Pähn, XIb

3. EARLY LIFE:
Born in Stratford-upon- Avon on April 23, 1564
Parents:
John Shakespeare
Mary Arden

4. EDUCATION:
Attended King Edward IV Grammar School
Never went to university

5. THE LOST YEARS: 1585 – 1592 Quit school Supported his family
Became involved with acting

6. MARRIAGE: Married to Anne Hathaway Shakespeare’s children: Susanna
Judith
Hamnet
(+ William Davenant?)

7. CAREER IN LONDON: Acted in several companies of players
By 1584 had become an important playwright-actor in the Lord Chamberlain’s Company (the King’s Men)
Wrote many great plays, for example:
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
“Merchant of Venice”
“Romeo and Juliet”
“Othello”
“Hamlet” etc.
Also wrote poems and sonnets

8. THE GLOBE THEATRE:

9. LATER YEARS AND DEATH:
1610 – returned to his birthplace, lived in the New Place
Died on on April 23, 1616

10. SHAKESPEARE’S TOMB-STONE

11. SOURCES: http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/shake spe.htm
shakespeare.org.uk/facts- about-william-shakespeare.htm
shakespeare.info/william- shakespeare-biography- childhood-and-education.htm
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