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Apr 26, 1564
Date of Birth
Shakespeare was born and brought up in Stratford-upon-Avon -
Marriage year
At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children -
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Early writings
Shakspeare wrote his early chronicals, comedies and a tragedy Titus Andronicus -
Theatre career
The period benween 1985 and 1592 is called "lost years" in career of Shakespeare until he is mentioned as part of the London theatre scene in 1592 -
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The second period in writing
This period begins and ends with two tragedies: Romeo and Juliet, the famous romantic tragedy of sexually charged adolescence, love, and death;[101] and Julius Caesar—based on Sir Thomas North's 1579 translation of Plutarch's Parallel Lives—which introduced a new kind of drama -
Own theatre
Shakespeare and his companions founded a theatre called Globe -
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Great tragedies
In the early 17th century, Shakespeare wrote the so-called "problem plays" Measure for Measure, Troilus and Cressida, and All's Well That Ends Well and a number of his best known tragedies. -
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Final period
In his final period, Shakespeare turned to romance or tragicomedy and completed three more major plays: Cymbeline, The Winter's Tale and The Tempest, as well as the collaboration, Pericles, Prince of Tyre. -
Death date
Shakespeare died on 23 April 1616, at the age of 52.
