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Shakespeare was born on 23 rd of April in Wilmcote.
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Shakespeare joined stratford's junior school where he learnt the first letters with the help of a hornbook
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He left school at the age of 14 . But the influence of the study of classical writers is obvious in his plays
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At the age of 18, he married Ann Heathway and they had 3 children. His children left no heirs so thre are no direct descedants.
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In 1593 Shakespeare published an erotic poem, Venus and Adonis, dedicated to Henry Wriothesley, Third Earl of Southampton, a young courtier and favourite of Queen Elizabeth.
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1594, Shakespeare became a founding member, actor, playwright and shareholder of the Lord Chamberlain's Men. Richard Burbage was the company's leading actor. He played roles such as Richard III, Hamlet, Othello and Lear. Under James VI/I, the company was renamed The King's Men. They performed at court more often than any other company.
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Shakespeare's earliest plays included Henry VI Parts I, II & III, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, and Titus Andronicus. The sonnets were also written about this time, though they were not published until 1609.
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On 23 April, his presumed birthday, he died, aged 52. On 25 April, he was buried at Holy Trinity Church in Stratford.
