Basic stuff about Shakespeare's home and family

1. SHAKESPEARE

2. The Man

3. Source: http://nuke.teachersdesk.it/TheShakespeareProject/tabid/77/Default.aspx

4. William Shakespeare
Born…
when? ~ April 23, 1564
where? Stratford-upon-Avon

5. Shakespeare’s Way
Source: http://www.contours.co.uk/walking-holidays/shakespeares-way.php

6. Stratford today…
Source: http://www.stratford-upon-avon.co.uk/

7. Royal Shakespeare Company Theatre -
Stratford
Source: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RSC_Theatre,_Stratford-upon-Avon_13f2005.jpg

8. Shakespeare’s Birthplace
Source: http://www.stratford-upon-avon.co.uk/

9. Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway
when he was 18 and she was 26.
This Anne Hathaway, NOT this one.

10. Shakespeare’s Children
Not really
Shakespeare’s
kids
 Susanna
 Hamnet – died when he was 11 yrs. Old
 Judith – Hamnet’s twin

11. Anne Hathaway’s Cottage today
Source: http://www.places-to-go.org.uk/anne_hathaway_classic.htm

12. The Myth

13. The Man or the Myth?
 Did Shakespeare really write his own
plays?
 Was Shakespeare gay?
 Was he really bald?
 Did he like his wife?
 Aside from writing, what else did
Shakespeare do?