William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-Upon-Avon, England in 1564 to middle-class parents John and Mary Arden Shakespeare. He married Anne Hathaway at age 18 and had three children with her, then left Stratford for London in the 1580s to pursue a career in theater. Shakespeare went on to write plays and poems that earned him great fame and wealth, founding an acting company in 1594 called the Lord Chamberlain's Men and part owning the Globe Theatre built in 1599. He died in 1616 at the age of 52 and was buried in Stratford-Upon-Avon.

2. 1564-1616

5. He was born on April
23, 1564 in Stratford-
Upon-Avon

6. His parents were
John and Mary
Arden Shakespeare.
His father was a maker,
worker and seller of leather
products. They were
middle-class citizens.
He had 7 siblings.

7. He went to Grammar
School from 7 to 13
years old.

8. In 1582, when he was
18, he married Anne
Hathaway who was
26 years old.

9. Anne Hathaway’s
father was a yeoman
farmer, a free man who
had his own farm.

10. They had 3 children, 2
daughters and a son.

11. Shakespeare’s
house

12. Shakespeare’s house
present day

13. Anne Hathaway’s cottage

14. Shakespeare’s house: interior

15. Stratford-upon-Avon

16. Between 1585 and 1592,
Shakespeare left
Stratford for London to
start his career in the
theatre.

17. 1593: Shakespeare
started writing The
Sonnets.
1594: He founded the Lord
Chamberlain’s Men acting
company.
1595: Shakespeare wrote
both Romeo & Juliet and A
Midsummer Night’s Dream

18. 1598-1599 : The
Globe Theatre
was built.
Shakespeare was a
part-owner of
the new theatre.

19. 1613: The Globe Theatre burnt to the
ground. It was later rebuilt and opened in
1614.

20. April 23, 1616 Shakespeare died
after a few days of high fever at
the age of 52. He was buried in
Stratford-upon-Avon, England.