1. Mysteries of William Shakespeare’s life and work
Made by the student of the 9-th form
Sidorov Pavel
Teacher – Vinogradova Alexandra Alekseevna

2. Portraits of Shakespeare
What did William Shakespeare really look like?
The head is
out of all
proportion
with the body.
There is a
peculiar line
running from
the ear down
to the chin.
Does this
signify that
the face is
in fact a mask?
The Martin Droeshout Engraving
of William Shakespeare
on the First Folio
William Marshall engraving of
William Shakespeare on
1640 Sonnets
This Elizabethan time portrait is
believed to be the only
one of W. Shakespeare when
the poet was alive
William Shakespeare from
the Drocshout painting
now in the Shakespeare Memorial
Gallery at Stratford-on-Avon.
Shakespeare' by Gerard Soest

3. What is the real date of his birthday?
William Shakespeare
Born - baptized 26 April 1564
(birth date unknown)
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire,
England
Died - 23 April 1616 (aged 52)
Occupation - Playwright, poet, actor
Spouse - Anne Hathaway (m. 1582–1616)
Children - Susanna Hall
Hamnet Shakespeare
Judith Quiney
The Chandos portrait of Shakespeare is
named after its owners, the Dukes of
Chandos. The Chandos portrait was no
doubt painted when Shakespeare was alive,
unlike the posthumous painting, the
Droeshout. Some critics argue that the
painting cannot be of Shakespeare. In 1856
it became the property of Britain's National
Portrait Gallery.
The Chandos portrait, artist and authenticity unconfirmed.
National Portrait Gallery, London.

4. Different views of Shakespeare’s house
John Shakespeare's house,
believed to be
William Shakespeare's
birthplace,
in Stratford-upon-Avon,
Henley Street.

5. Was his education sufficient?.
Grammar School and Guild Chapel, 1864.
Engraved view by Rock & Co., London.
The Schoolmaster.
A hornbook of Shakespeare's time.
Shakespeare is believed to
have attended the Stratford
Grammar School around the
age of six or seven. Though
there is no record of him
ever attending either school or
university.
Shakespeare’s School Room,
King Edward VI School,
Stratford-upon-Avon
Courtyard of King Edward VI Grammar School,
Stratford-upon-Avon by Fred Whitehead.

6. Why couldn't his children read or write?
William Shakespeare (18 years old) married
Anne Hathaway when she was 26 years old.
At the time he married her she was already
several months pregnant.
In his will he left only "the second best bed" to his wife.
Anne Hathaway, the wife of
William Shakespeare
William’s first child, Susanna was
baptized in May, His twins
Hamnet and Judith were born in
February Hamnet, William's
only son died in 1596, just eleven
years old. Hamnet and Judith were
named after William’s close friends,
Judith and Hamnet Sadler. William's
family was unusually small in a time
when families had many children.
Anne Hathaway's Cottage in
Stratford-Upon-Avon

7. The Globe, SWAN THEATRE built by carpenter Peter Smith and
his workers, was
the most magnificent
theatre that London
had ever seen and
built in
THE BEAR GARDEN AND
HOPE THEATRE
The first proper theatre was called the Theatre, built at Shoreditch, London in 1576 and the owner was James
Burbage. After the Theatre, further
open air playhouses (theaters)
opened in the London area,
ncluding the Rose Theatre (1587),
and the Hope Theatre (1613). The
most famous Elizabethan
playhouse ( theater ) was the Globe
Theatre (1599).
SWAN THEATRE
Young men played the women’s roles.

8. The reconstructed Globe Theatre.

9. Shakespeare family's coat-of-arms
Different views of Shakespeare family's coat-of-arms
Shakespeare family's coat-of-arms
1596
The motto, probably chosen by William, is translated from the Latin
(Non Sanz Droict) as "Not without right."

10. Was William Shakespeare really the author of
Queen Elizabeth I
Sir Francis Bacon,
Viscount St Alban
is often cited as
a possible
author of
Shakespeare's plays
Christopher Marlowe
has been cited as
a possible author for
Shakespeare's works
Was William Shakespeare really the author of
the greatest Literature the World has ever known?

11. Authorship / Identity problem: Who Wrote William Shakespeare?
The Shakespeare authorship
question is the ongoing debate,
first recorded in the early 18th
century, about whether the
works attributed to William
Shakespeare of Stratford-
upon-Avon were actually
written by another writer,
or a group of writers. Among
the numerous candidates that
have been proposed, major
claimants include Francis
Bacon, Christopher Marlowe,
William Stanley (6th Earl of
Derby), and Edward de Vere
(17th Earl of Oxford), who,
since first being proposed in
the 1920s, remains the most
prevalent alternate authorship
candidate.
Edward de Vere –
17th Earl of Oxford is
the leading alternative
candidate for the author
behind the alleged
pseudonym,
Shake-Speare
Fulke Greville,
1st Baron Brooke
is a recent claimant
for the author for
Shakespeare's works
Authorship / Identity problem: Who Wrote William Shakespeare?

12. Why didn't William Shakespeare publish his plays or Sonnets?
Cover of The Shakespeare Controversy,
one of numerous research books on the
Authorship debate.
Title page of the
First Folio, 1623.
Copper engraving
of Shakespeare by
Martin Droeshout.
Title page from 1609 edition of Shake-Speares Sonnets.
A sonnet is a poem of 14 lines.
Were Shakespeare’s works written in Old English?

13. Shakespeare’s autographs
Are all documents containing William Shakespeare signatures by a different hand?
Shakespeare’s autographs
William Shakespeare's
burial register entry
William's handwritten application
for a Coat of Arms for his father
It is often wondered that no books or play scripts are mentioned in the will.
What did he leave in his will and why was it unusual?
Baptismal Register close up
William Shakespeare's last will
During the sixteenth century, there were many families with the name
Shakespeare in and around Stratford. "Shakespeare" appears countless
times in town and court records, spelled in a variety of ways, from Shagspere to Chacsper.

14. взятых сей землей. Не тронувший –
How did Shakespeare die?
Translated this reads as:
Good friend, for Jesus’
sake, forbear
To dig the dust enclosed
here;
Blessed be the man that
spares these stones
And cursed be he that
moves my bones.
Shakespeare's grave.
« Друг, ради Господа,
не рой останков,
взятых сей землей.
Не тронувший –
блажен в веках и проклят -
тронувший мой прах».
Shakespeare's funerary
monument
in Stratford-upon-Avon.
People are constantly curious to know what is written on Shakespeare’s gravestone, and they are always surprised to learn it is a curse (проклятие).
Shakespeare himself supposedly wrote it.

15. playwright, widely regarded those of any other playwright.
William Shakespeare
(baptised 26 April 1564;
died 23 April 1616) was
an English poet and
playwright, widely regarded
as the greatest writer
in the English language and the world's preeminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the «Bard of Avon», «Sweet Swan of Avon». His surviving works, including some collaborations, consist of 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than
those of any other playwright.
Shakespeare indeed wrote
Shakespeare.
William Shakespeare
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