2. William Shakespeare 1564-1616 “All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players.”

3. Born in Stratford- upon-Avon, England on April 23rd (ish) Son of Mary Arden and John Shakespeare, a businessman who dabbled in tanning, leatherwork, and glove-making The 3 rd of 8 kids Attended King’s New Grammar School and learned basic reading and writing.

4. Shakespeare’s Life Married at age 18 His wife, Anne Hathaway, was 26 and already pregnant Three children –Susanna, Hamnet, and Judith 1588 - William leaves Stratford to pursue his theatre career Actor and playwright

5. Queen Elizabeth What do you think she was like?

6. Elizabethan Fashion "She must be stifling in that thing"

7. Miss F. in Renaissance Clothing!

8. The Globe Theater 1599 Burned in 1613

10. The New Globe Theater 1999

11. Elizabethan Theatre Theatres held several thousand people “Groundlings” Upper class and Nobles Plays were performed in the afternoon because of the natural light Women attended plays, but were not allowed to perform Young boys performed female roles

12. The Plays Comedy Tragedy History

13. Comedies The Taming of the Shrew Much Ado About Nothing As You Like It Twelfth Night Midsummer Night’s Dream

14. Tragedies Hamlet Romeo and Juliet Othello King Lear Macbeth

15. Histories King John King Richard II King Henry IV part 1 King Henry IV part 2 King Henry V King Henry VI part 1 King Henry VI part 2 King Henry VI part 3 King Richard III King Henry VIII

16. In total… 37 Plays 154 Sonnets 20,000 new words Accommodation, aerial, amazement, apostrope, assassination, bloody, bump, countless, courtship, critic, dishearten, dislocate, exposure, frugal, generous, gloomy, gnarled, hurry, indistinguishable, laughable, lonely, majestic, monumental, obscene, radiance, submerge, suspicious

17. Shakespeare’s Phrases… All that glitters isn't gold Be all and end all Break the ice Catch a cold Dog will have his day Eat out of house and home Green eyed monster Heart of gold Hot-blooded It smells to heaven It’s Greek to me Live long day One fell swoop The lady doth protest too much To thine own self be true Too much of a good thing Wear one's heart on one's sleeve

18. Shakespeare’s Final Years 1612 - Shakespeare retires from London life to Stratford March 1616 - Shakespeare becomes ill and revises his will April 23, 1616 - Shakespeare dies and is buried at Holy Trinity Church, Stratford “Good friend for Jesus sake forbear To dig the dust enclosed here! Blest be the man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones.”