SHAKESPEARE

By halmirab
  • Birth
    Apr 23, 1564

    Birth

    John and Mary Shakespeare
  • Dec 12, 1574

    Educated at King Edward Grammar School

    learned Greek, Latin, Rhetoric, and logic

  • Marriage

    Anne Hathaway - he was 18 has 3 children
    -Hamnet
    -Judith
    -Susanna
  • Moved to London

    Moved to London

    when he was there - actor, dramatist, and playwright left his family in Stratford

  • *disappears from history*

    no records of him during this time (started in 1587)

  • Wrote Early Plays

    "Venus and Adonis" and "The Rape of Lucrece" also began writing sonets

  • Plays became hits

    "Henry IV", "Titus Andronicus", and "The Comedy of Errors" *the plague gave him an opportunity to write plays

  • Lord Chamberlain's Men was formed

    Shakespeare's acting company - lasted 10 years

  • The Globe

    built - where his plays were performed

  • The King's Men

    his acting company changes from Lord Chamberlain's Men to the King's Men - performs 12 times a year at court

  • Final Works

    writes his last romance plays such as "The Winter's Tale" and "The Tempest"

  • GREATEST PERIOD

    writes a number of plays for his theatre (1599-1608)

  • Leaves London For Good

    becomes member of local gentry

  • Shakespeare Dies

  • First Folio Published

    Shakespeare's actors publish Heminge and Condell