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William Shakespeare was born and brought up in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire and he died in the same city in 1616
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At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith.
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He began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part-owner of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men.
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Shakespeare produced most of his known work between 1589 and 1613.
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He then wrote mainly tragedies until about 1608, including Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth, considered some of the finest works in the English language.
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Two friends of Shakespeare, published a more definitive text known as the First Folio, a posthumous collected edition of his dramatic works that included all but two of the plays now recognised as Shakespeare's.
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In the 20th and 21st centuries, his works have been repeatedly adapted and rediscovered by new movements in scholarship and performance.
