My William Shakespeare presentation we did in class.

3. William Shakespeare
was baptised on 26 April
1564. We don't know the
exact date of
his birth but in the 16th
century it was normal for
babies to baptised within
a few days of their birth
(because so many died).
Shakespeare was born
the same year as
Christopher Marlowe.

4. William Shakespeare
made his will on 25
March 1616 shortly
before he death. He
died on 23 April 1616
and was buried in the
parish church. Anne
Shakespeare died in
1623.

6. • In 1557 John Shakespeare married a woman from nearby Wilmcote
called Mary Arden.
• The Shakespeares had 8 children.
• In 1558 the Shakespeare's had a daughter called Joan (she died in
1563). However in 1563 they had another daughter called Margaret but
she too died in childhood.
• After William in 1563 they had a son called Gilbert in 1566. (He died in
1612).
• They also had another daughter called Joan (like her dead sister) in
1569 and a daughter called Anne in 1571.
• In 1574 they had a son called Richard (he died in 1613). In 1580 they
had a son called Edmund (he died in 1607).
• When he was 18 William Shakespeare married a woman named Anne
Hathaway. They married in November 1582 and their daughter Susanna
was baptised in May 1583.
• On 2 February 1585 the Shakespeare's next children, a twin boy and
girl, Hamnet and Judith were baptised. However Hamnet died when he
was 11

8. • William Shakespeare probably went to Stratford
Grammar School. However we do not know what he did
for a living when he was a young man but in about 1587
he went to London. He became an actor and a
playwright.

10. • By 1592 William Shakespeare was making a name for
himself. In that year a man named Robert Greene wrote
about 'an upstart crow' who 'is in his own conceit the only
Shake-scene in a country. He didn't actually name
William Shakespeare but it is clear who he meant.
• The theatres in London were closed from 1592 to 1594
because of plague but Shakespeare wrote two poems
during that time, Venus and Adonis 1593 and Lucerce in
1594.
• William Shakespeare prospered and in 1597 he bought a
house and gardens in Stratford for £60.

12. • In the 19th century as Stratford upon Avon became
famous as the birthplace of William Shakespeare. The
house where he was born was purchased in 1847 and
turned into a monument. Anne Hathaway's cottage was
purchased in 1892. The Royal Shakespeare Theatre was
built in 1932 and the Shakespeare Centre opened in
1964.
• Today William Shakespeare is remembered as one of the
greatest English playwrights.