1. W ILLIAM S HAKESPEARE

2. G ENERAL FACTS was an English poet and playwright The world's pre-eminent dramatist regarded as the greatest writer in the English language Wrote a lot of plays, sonnets, and narrative poems His plays have been translated into every major living language baptised 26 April 1564; died 23 April 1616

3. L IFE William Shakespeare was the son of John Shakespeare and Mary Arden After two years in petty school -> then to grammar school, where he learns Latin grammar At the age of 18, Shakespeare married the 26-year-old Anne Hathaway 3 childrens Then follows “ the lost years “ London Globe Theatre

4. P LAYS Experimental plays (to about 1594) Early maturity (to about 1600) Mature plays (to about 1607) Late plays (to about 1611) Plays in collaboration (to about 1613)