A PPT that describes the life and times of Shakespeare

1. Life and Times

2. Certificate of Birth
Born this day April 23rd in the year of our Lord
1564 in Stratford Upon Avon, in the most
glorious County of Warwickshire.
A boy, William, to John Shakespeare Esquire,
esteemed Glovemaker and Wool Merchant, and
his wife Mary (nee Arden).
His name shall be entered in the dockets and
records of the Town Hall of Stratford Upon Avon
as decreed by the laws of Her Majesty Queen
Elizabeth 1.
Witnessed April 24th in the year of our Lord 1564.
ER

3. Shakespeare at
School
Grammar School
• The sons of the richer citizens would
move on, at the age of seven, to
grammar school (girls were not
educated in schools). As a prosperous
craftsman, businessman and leading
townsman, John Shakespeare would
have made sure that his son attended
the grammar school in Stratford.
• School hours were 7 am in the morning
until 6pm in the evening and boys
attended school 6 days a week
(Monday to Saturday) Although there
was a break of a couple of hours in the
middle of the day, there was no PE or
play included in the timetable and no
holidays except for the occasional day's
holiday. On Sundays, the boys had to go
to church .
• Shakespeare would have learnt all his
lessons in Latin. This was the
international language of Europe, used
throughout the professions, in the law,
in medicine and in the Church, and,
boys were expected to be fluent in Latin
to go into jobs like lawyers, doctors or
priests in the church.
• Their lessons were grammar, logic,
rhetoric, arithmetic, geometry, music
and astronomy.
The town's petty school
was like primary school
for William Shakespeare
and the other five-year-
olds of Stratford-upon-
Avon.
Children were taught to
read using simple 'abc
books‘ which included
the Lord's Prayer, the
Creed and the Ten
Commandments. There
were no pens or pencils
in Shakespeare’s time, so
to learn to write,
children had to use a
quill pen and ink.
A quill pen was made
from a bird’s feather.

4. The Stratford Sentinel
Local playwright
Marries
William Shakespeare (18)
married Anne Hathaway (26)
in November. The groom is
the son of John and Mary
Shakespeare and the bride, the
daughter of local farmer
Richard Hathaway.
Brothers and sisters
The couple were married at
the local parish church in
Stratford Upon Avon where
the groom’s 3 brothers were
best man and ushers. His sister
Joan was a bridesmaid. His
other sister Ann died in
childhood.
Pig sold for record
price at auction
Father of the bride, Richard
Hathaway had more good
news today after his prize
GloucesterOld Spot pig
recorded a record price at
the local Stratford Upon
Avon livestock Auctions.
The pedigree pig was sold
for 3 duckets and Mr.
Hathaway said “that prize
pig is worthits weight in
gold and has helped me pay
the dowry for my daughter
Anne’s weeding to Mr.
Shakespeare.
Stratford LivestockAuctions.
Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday on the town green. For
the best prices on pigs, cattleand sheep.
Tax on Cider
Local pub go-ers
were outraged last
week when the
government
announced a new
higher tax on cider.
Local apple grower
and cider maker Mr.
Jacob Swithinbank
said “it’s an outrage
for the hard working
people of England
that an essential
commoditylike cider
should be taxed to
this level.”
December 1582

5. Last Years in Stratford Upon Avon
Shakespeare’s elder daughter, Susanna, married John
Hall, a Stratford doctor in 1607. His other daughter Judith
married Thomas Quiney in 1616. She was born a twin, but
her brother Hamnet, Shakespeare’s only son, died aged 11.
From around 1611, Shakespeare seems to have retired
from London theatre life and spent most of his time at his
house, “New Place”, in Stratford.
He died in Stratford on 23rd April 1616 aged 52 and was
buried 2 days later in Holy Trinity Church. Within a short
time, a monument was put up on the wall close to his
grave.
His wife Anne died in 1623 and is buried beside him.
New Place in Stratford-Upon-Avon