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Apr 23, 1564
Shakespeare is born in Strattford-upon-Avon
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Apr 23, 1564
Shakespeare's house
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Period: Apr 23, 1564 to
Shakespeare's life
Shakespare's life -
He falls in deep love and gets married to Ann Hathaway
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His daughter Susanna is born
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Sahkespeare's twins Judith and Hamnet are born
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He goes to London to find his career
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He probably writes his first play, Henry VI Part one
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Shakespare in London
He begins to be noticed in London. Robert Greene's Groatworth of Wit attacks Shakespeare telling that he has no ideas of his own, but instead he steals ideas from others
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He begins writing his famous sonnets
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The Taming of the shrew
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The globe theatre
The Globe was built by Shakespeare’s acting company, the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, in 1599 from the timbers of London’s very first permanent theater, Burbage’s Theater, built in 1576. Before James Burbage built his theater, plays and dramatic performances were ad hoc affairs, performed on street corners and in the yards of inns. However, the Common Council of London, in 1574, started licensing theatrical pieces performed in inn yards within the city limits. To escape the restriction, actor James B -
Great plays
To be or not to be?Hurt by the death of his son Hamnet (1596) he writes the play Hamlet.
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Last plays
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The Globe theatre burns to the ground
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Shakespeare's death
His wife published 36 of his plays in 1623.The collection was known as the First Folio. Out of 1000 copies, only 238 survive today. He is still very inspirational!
