William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-Upon-Avon in 1564 to a leather worker and mayor. He married Anne Hathaway at age 18 and had three children, though he later left for London where he became a shareholder and playwright for The Lord Chamberlain's Men acting company and wrote 37 plays and 154 poems, including famous works like Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and King Lear. He died in Stratford-Upon-Avon in 1616.

1. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

2. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Born in Stradford-Upon Avon
Birthday: 23rd April 1564
Father: Leather worker and Mayor of
Stradford
Married: Anne Hathaway (26) in 1582
Aged: 18
Had a daughter and twins: Susanna,
Hamnet and Judith
Died: 23rd April 1616

3. Shakespeare’s House in Stradford Upon Avon

4. Anne Hathaway

5. Shakespeare’s Children

6. WILLIAM LEFT FOR
LONDON
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7. In London he became a shareholder in
an acting company called The Lord
Chamberlain’s Men as well as the
primary playwright and an actor.

9. IN 1599 HE BE CAME A SHARE HOL DE R OF
THE GL OBE THE ATRE

13. PLAYS AND POEMS
Shakespeare wrote:
37 plays
154 poems

15. FAMOUS PLAYS
Hamlet Julius Caesar
Romeo and Juliet Macbeth
King Lear
A Midsummer Night’s
Dream
As You Like It
Much Ado About
Nothing
The Merchant of
Venice
Henry VIII