1. Gymnázium Viliama Paulinyho – Tótha v Martine Učíme sa nielen z učebníc, uíme sa pre život. Kód projektu ITMS: 26110130666 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE March 2014 Tatiana Žišková ENGLISH LANGUAGE

2. William Shakespeare

3.  is considered to be the greatest of all dramatists all over the world  born in Stratford-Upon-Avon in 1564  the youngest son of a glove maker

4. Shakespeare´s birthplace

5. The interior places from Shakespeare´s birth house

6.  in 1582 he married Ann Hathaway who was eight years older than William  they had three children  In 1599 he bought the GLOBE THEATRE  first he helped to adapt or rewrite older plays  later he started to write his own plays and was very successful

7. The GLOBE THEATRE – original buildnig

8.  after acting and writing and after his son´ s death he went to Stratford h  he lived here a quiet life with his family  the legend says that he died after a louder and noisier birthday celebration with his friends

9. He is burried at local TRINITY CHURCH

10. Shakespeare´s grave

11. he wrote 37 plays and beautiful sonnets his mastery lies in his human vision which recognises the complexity of moral questions and the richness of his language. he wrote comedies, historical plays and tragedies:

12. COMEDIES: The Comedy of errors The Taming of the Shrew The Two Gentlemen of Verona The Merchant of Venice A Midsummer-Night´s Dream Merry Wives of Windsor Much Ado about Nothing As you like it Twelfth Night

13. HISTORICAL PLAYS: Henry VI Richard III Richard II Henry IV Henry V Julius Caesar

14. TRAGEDIES: Romeo and Juliet Mackbeth Hamlet King Lear Othello

16. In Stratford there is a hotel in which the rooms are not numbered but named according to the Shakespeare´s plays

17. Trinity Church and the river Avon

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