All about William Shakespeare...

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2. William Shakespeare
1564-1616
Presented by: Muhammad Faizan Akhter

3. Contents
• Early life
• Education and childhood
• Love
• Family
• Globe Theater
• Comedies, Tragedies and Histories
• Works of Literature
• Death

4. Early Life
• William Shakespeare was born the third of
eight children on April 23, 1564, in the town of
Stratford-upon-Avon, England, to Mary Arden
and John Shakespeare. His father, John, was a
shopkeeper.
• William Shakespeare was an English poet,
playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the
greatest writer in the English language.

5. Shakespeare’s Birthplace

6. …As it is today.

7. Education and Childhood
• William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-
Avon, an small English market town located
about 100 miles northwest of London along the
banks of the River Avon.
• Later he went to London, to be an actor. But he
became famous for writing plays. His friends said
he was the best writer of his time.

8. Continued
• Shakespeare probably began his education at the
age of six or seven at the King Edward VI School,
Stratford-upon-Avon, which is still standing only a
short distance from his house on Henley Street.

9. King Edward VI School, Stratford-upon-Avon

10. Continued

11. Love
• At the age of eighteen, Shakespeare fell in love
with Anne Hathaway who was 26. They married
and had three children. Susanna was the oldest,
and Hamnet and Judith were twins. Hamnet died
as a child.

12. Family
• John Shakespeare (1531 – 7 September 1601)
was the father of William Shakespeare. He was
the son of Richard Shakespeare of Snitterfield, a
farmer. He moved to Stratford-upon-Avon and
married Mary Arden, with whom he had eight
children, five of whom survived into adulthood.
• Mary Shakespeare, née Arden, (c. 1537–1608)
was the mother of William Shakespeare. She was
the daughter of Robert Arden.

13. Siblings
• Joan, born 1558, died before 1569.
• Margaret, born 1562, died 1563 (aged 5 months).
• (William, born 1564, died 1616.)
• Gilbert, born 1566, haberdasher, died 1612. (A
haberdasher sells hats, clothes, thread, ribbons
etc.)
• Joan*, born 1569, married William Hart, died
1646.

14. Continued
• Anne, born 1571, died 1579.
• Richard, born 1574, occupation unknown, died
1613.
• Edmund,* born 1580, "player," died 1607.

15. Globe Theater
• Shakespeare and the Lord Chamberlain’s Men
performed at Burbage’s theater until 1599.

16. Globe Theater
Located just outside of London

17. A white flag indicates that there is a play today.

18. Young men dressed up to play the female roles.

19. Comedies
• All’s Well that Ends Well
• As You Like It
• Comedy of Errors
• Measure for Measure
• Midsummer Night’s Dream
• Taming of the Shrew
• Much Ado About Nothing
• Twelfth Night
• Merchant of Venice

20. Tragedies
• Julius Caesar
• Hamlet
• Macbeth
• Othello
• Romeo and Juliet
• King Lear

21. Histories
• King Henry V
• King John
• Richard II
• Richard III

22. Works of Literature
• He wrote 37 very successful plays
• His vocabulary was HUGE-somewhere between
17,000 and 34,000 words!
• The estimated vocabulary of an educated person
today is around 15,000 words.

23. Last Year Death
• Returned to Stratford around 1610 where he
lived as a country gentleman.
• Wealthy-Owned one of the largest homes in
town.
• Died in Stratford in 1616 at the age of 52. His
death was a mystery. It is rumored that he drank
too much and contracted a fever or that he died
from a cerebral hemorrhage.

24. Thank you viewers and audience…
Remember me in your prayers…
Prepared by: Muhammad Faizan Akhter
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Superior University, Ravi campus,
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