William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. He is considered the greatest writer in the English language and wrote famous plays including Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, and Othello. Shakespeare worked as an actor and playwright in London in the late 1500s where he performed at theaters like the Globe with the Lord Chamberlain's Men. He wrote over 30 plays, over 150 sonnets, and several long narrative poems during his career before dying in 1616 in his hometown of Stratford-upon-Avon.

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3. William Shakespeare
was an English poet, playwright,
and actor, widely regarded as the
greatest writer in the
English
language and the world's pre-
eminent dramatist. He is often
called England's national poet, and
the "Bard of Avon".

4. Shakespeare was:
 Born: April 1564, Stratford-upon-Avon,
United Kingdom
 Died: April 23, 1616, Stratford-upon-
Avon, United Kingdom
 Son of prominent town office.
 3rd child of 8 children.

5. Marriage.
Married at age of 18 to Anne
Hathaway (she was 24 year old)in1582.
1st child was daughter, Susanna-born in
1583
Twin child was in 1585.(Hamnet and
judith).
Hamnet was dies at age 11.

6. William Shakespeare
“Lost Years”
The period between 1585
and 1592 is known as the
“Lost Years” because
there are no
documentary records of
Shakespeare’s activities

7. William Shakespeare
Later Years
• Moved to London around
1591 and became an actor
• Worked with the Lord
Chamberlin’s company of
players, later known as the
King’s Men

8. William Shakespeare
Works of Literature
• Along with acting, he also wrote some of
the most renowned and studied literature
written in the English language
• Poems-famous for his sonnets
• Plays-Comedies, Tragedies, and Histories

9. Work for literature:
He was 37 very sucessful plays.
His vocabulary was HUGE- some
where between 17,000 & 34,000
words.
The esitamted vacbulary , of an
educated person to day is around
15000 words.

10. Work of literature:
He had an amazing
influence on our
English language.

11. Poems:
 A Lover's Complaint Poem.
 Venus and Adonis Poem.
 The Rape of Lucrece Poem .
 The Phoenix and the Turtle Poem.
 The Passionate Pilgrim Poems.

12. Plays/movies:
10 Things I hate About you.(1999).
Throne of blood.(1957).
Chimes at midnight.(1965).
Much Ado nothing.(1993.
And e.t.c.

13. Comedey plays:
All’s Well That Ends Well.
The Comedy of Errors
As you Like It
Cymbeline
Love’s Labours Lost
Measure for Measure
The Merry Wives of Windsor
The Merchant of Venice
Twelfth Night
Two Gentlemen of Verona

14. Tragedies
Julius Caesar
Hamlet
Macbeth
Othello
Romeo and Juliet
King Lear

15. Globe Theater
• Shakespeare and the Lord Chamberlain’s
Men performed at Burbage’s theater until
1599, when they built their own playhouse,
the Globe
• Shakespeare referred to the Globe as “this
wooden O,” a term that led scholars to
believe it was a circular building

16. Globe Theater
• The original theater was destroyed by a fire
in 1613
• It was rebuilt in 1614, closed in 1642, and
demolished in 1644
• A modern reconstruction of the original
Globe, named “Shakespeare’s Globe
Theatre” opened in 1997

17. Globe Theater
Located just outside of London

18. Globe Theater
Today, audiences
of this “wooden
O” can sit in the
gallery or stand as
informally as a
groundling…

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