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Apr 23, 1564
Birth
sourceWilliam Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, allegedly on April 23, 1564. Church records from Holy Trinity Church indicate that he was baptized there on April 26, 1564. -
Sep 1, 1571
grammar school
sourceFrom the age of 7 till the age of 14 Shakespeare studies at Stratford grammar school, one of the best provincial schools in England where the sons of the citizens got the education, mainly studying Latin and Literature. -
Nov 1, 1580
Work at theater «The Curtain»
SourceAt the end of 1580s Shakespeare began to work at the theatre «The Curtain » (as the actor and the playwright).
During these years his first play was created – the chronicles «Henry VI», 1590. -
Family creation
SurceWhen William was 18 he married Anne Hathaway. They had three children, first Susanna and then twins, a son named Hamnet and a daughter named Judith. Hamnet died when he was 11 -
Return to London
SourceShakespeare arrived in London around 1588 and began to establish himself as an actor and playwright. By 1594, he was not only acting and writing for the Lord Chamberlain's Men (called the King's Men after the ascension of James I in 1603), but was a managing partner in the operation as well. With Will Kempe, a master comedian, and Richard Burbage, a leading tragic actor of the day, the Lord Chamberlain's Men became a favorite London troupe, patronized by royalty and made popular by the theatre-g -
Creative activity
SousceIn 1592 Shakespeare issues his poem “Venus and Adonis” under his own name for the first time. The poem had great success and was published 8 times during his life.
In 1594 Shakespeare’s first tragedy in the “bloody tragedy” style of that time “Titus Andronicus” without the writer’s name on the cover.
The tragedy “Romeo and Juliet” was written, then the first comedy “The Merchant of Venice”, which was called “serious” afterwards. -
Creation of new theater "Globus"
SourceBurbage Brothers dismantled the old theatre – the building in the north of London where Shakespeare’s group acted and built the theatre “Globe” on the southern bank of the Thames. In Southwark Shakespeare became one of the shareholders of the new theatre.
In 1599, a partnership of company members built their own theatre on the south bank of the River Thames, which they called the Globe. -
Death of queen Elizabeth
SourceAfter the death of Queen Elizabeth, the company was awarded a royal patent by the new king, James I, and changed its name to the King's Men. -
Return to Stratfort
SourceWilliam Shakespeare went back to his home town Stratford because of his illness. -
Epitaph on a gravestone
SourceGood friend for Jesus sake forbear,
To dig the dust enclosed here.
Blest be the man that spares thes stones,
And curst be he that moves my bones. -
Shakespeare's death
SourceWilliam Shakespeare allegedly died on his birthday, April 23, 1616. This is probably more of a romantic myth than reality, but Shakespeare was interred at Holy Trinity in Stratford on April 25. -
The first edition of Shakespeare's works
SourceIn 1623, two working companions of Shakespeare from the Lord Chamberlain's Men, John Heminges and Henry Condell, printed the First Folio edition of his collected plays, of which half were previously unpublished.
