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William Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564, in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon. His mother was Mary Shakespeare.His father is John Shakespeare, He was a glove-maker and wool-dealer.
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These schools were set up by the monarchy to educate young boys from wealthy families. This is where William would have first started learning about great literature and plays.
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At the age of 18 Shakespeare married a local girl, Anne Hathaway.She was 8 years older than him. They moved into her families home.
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Susanna was the first child of William and Anne. She lived a long life to the age of 66.
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In London William began his theatrical career,
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These boy and girl were twins.
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William`s first completed play was Henry the IV part I.This was his first well published play that readers and historians know about.This was his first well published play that readers and historians know about.
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William wrote poetry and sonnets while London theatres were closed due to an outbreak of the plague.
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Shakespeare was not only writer, but also an actor. In 1594 he was a member of the acting company named ‘The Chamberlain’s Men’.
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William became a founding member of the Lord Chamberlain`s Men acting company
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William s only son,Hamlet,died at the age of eleven.
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The original Globe was an Elizabethan theatre which opened in Autumn 1599 in Southwark, on the south bank of the Thames, in an area now known as Bankside.Shakespeare invested in the Globe Theatre giving him 12.5% of the stakes and it was in his interest to write as many plays as possible.
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Hamlet, considered by many to be Shakespeare's greatest play, was completed during this year.
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Queen Elizabeth dies in this year and James I takes the crown; being a fan of the arts he gives Shakespeare's company a patent to perform.
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Shakespeare wrote Macbeth as a tribute to King James I Scottish heritage as a thank you for the support his majesty had offered to Shakespeare.
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William wrote his final plats as a solo playwright.
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The Tempest, Shakespeare's last well known and widely read play, was written during this year. It isn't documented that he never wrote any other plays but this was the last play that went into the first folio and was acted out on stages.
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William moved back to his birthplace,Stratford-Upon-Avon
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The Globe theatre burns to the ground in this year preventing any plays from being acted while they were rebuilding the theatre.
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The Globe Theatre is rebuilt and reopened for the public to come and see shows acted out once more.
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William Shakespeare died at the early ago of fifty-two years old. To this day, William's death will still remain a mystery however few people say he beleived to have died due to an outbreak of the Typhus fever, "new fever", that spread around the same time period as Shakespeare's death. His burial was recorded in the register of the Holy Trinity Church, Stratford.
