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2.  Born in 1564 around April 23rd
 English, born in Stratford upon Avon
 Son of a glove maker and wool merchant
 Attended the Stratford upon Avon grammar school
 Marries Anne Hathaway 1582
 1583- First child Susanna was born
 1585- Twins Hamnet and Judith are born
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3.  He wrote many plays and poems. However, none of his
manuscripts survived, only the printed poems and plays
remain.
 Shakespeare wrote 37 plays by himself and collaborated
with other dramatists for at least four more.
 All of his plays were written between 1590 and 1614 and
they were printed in 1594 as cheap quartos.
 It is believed that Shakespeare started writing before 1592,
because by then some of his plays were being performed;
however we have no way of knowing when he actually
began writing his works.

4.  In 1623, thirty six of Shakespeare’s plays were
published in what is known as the “First Folio”
 It contained all the tragedies, comedies and histories.
 The quartos and the first folio ensured that
Shakespeare’s works survived long after they were no
longer performed.
 These published versions have been used since the 17th
century by actors and directors to return the plays to
the stage.

5.  However, there are many debates among scholars
about how the printed texts actually represent
Shakespeare’s original ideas; they believe the printed
ones could have been edited.
 Between about 1592 and 1604, Shakespeare wrote four
poems as well as creating a collection of sonnets which
were published as quartos between 1593 and 1609.
 Debates about the printed editions of the poems have
been focussed on the sonnets

6.  Henry IV, part 1  King Lear
Comedy
 Henry IV, part 2  Macbeth
 All Well That Ends Well
Henry V  Othello
 As You Like It
Henry VI, part 1  Antony and Cleopatra
 The Comedy of Errors
Henry VI, part 2  Timon of Athens
 Cymbeline
Henry VI, part 3  Titus Andronicus
 Love’s Labours Lost
Henry VIII
 Measure for Measure Poetry
King John
 The Merry Wives of Windsor  The Sonnets
Richard II
 The Merchant of Venice  A Lover's Complaint
Richard III
 A Midsummer Night’s  The Rape of Lucrece
Dream Tragedy  Venus and Adonis
 Much Ado About Nothing  Romeo and Juliet  Funeral Elegy by W.S
 Pericles, Prince of Tyre  Coriolanus
 Taming of the Strew  Hamlet
History  Julius Caesar

7.  Not much has been recorded about Shakespeare’s life
so many of his life story has been built around
assumptions
 Even with limited information about him, his works
are still studied and celebrated.
 Shakespeare died in 1616