A short presentation on William Shakespeare, his life and plays, with some trivia added.

1. William Shakespeare

2. William Shakespeare
 Born in 1564 in Stratford-upon -Avon, England.
 He is one of the greatest and most famous
writers who has ever lived.
 Shakespeare was a great writer in all sorts of
ways. He wrote many different kinds of plays.
Both comedies, historical plays and tragedies.
37 in all.
 He also wrote 154 sonnets

3. What was Shakespeare like?
 People who knew him and admired his plays
during his lifetime, sometimes wrote about him,
and stories about the great playwright went
round even after his death.
 They said that he was wise, humorous and
kind. He loved people, even those who many
saw as stupid and annoying.
 He was often cheerful and happy, but there
were also times in his life when he felt bitter
and despairing.

4. Biographical facts
 William`s father, John Shakespeare was an
important man in town affairs, but from about
1577 his business as a glove maker began to
go badly and he got into debt. This was hard on
the family.
 William married Anne Hathaway. They got
three children together. A daughter named
Susanna and twins, a boy called Hamnet and a
girl called Judith.
 William and his family left Stratford, because he
wanted to seek his fortune in London.

5. Biographical facts
 By 1592 he was a player in one of the
companies of actors in London, and had begun
writing plays.
 He built the Globe Theatre, where he
performed with The King's Men
 He wrote about two plays a year and he went
on acting in his own plays, but only in fairly
small parts.
 After some years in London he went back home
to Stratford. We don't know exactly when.
 23.april 1616 he died in his hometown.

6. Time period
 Elizabethan Era
 A creative period. Theatre and art flourished.
 Only men were allowed to perform on stage.
Female parts were performed by young men.

7. Trivia Facts
 Shakespeare's actual birthday is unknown but April
23rd has been generally used.
 Anne Hathaway was eight years older than
Shakespeare and three months pregnant when they
got married.
 Shakespeare's family were all illiterate.
 We do not really know what Shakespeare looked like.
Not one portrait was painted of Shakespeare whilst he
was still alive.
 The only mention that Shakespeare specifically makes
of his wife in his Last Will and testament was to leave
her his "second best bed".
 He invented around 1.700 words

8. Some of Shakepeare`s plays.
 Richard III
 Romeo and Juliet ( It is the one that has been
played most often on stage)
 A Midsummer Night`s Dream
 Hamlet
 King Lear
 Macbeth
 Henry VIII