Who was shakespeare?
Where was he born
What was that place like at that time. (size of village, habitants, what surrounded it)
Who was his family. (Parents, Brothers, Sisters)
What were his relationships
What were they like (with is family, children, women, men)
What was his proffesional life like.
William shakespeare facts on the globe website
Shakespeare is an English poet and writer and is considered as one of the bests of all time. He wasborn around April 23, 1564 but as their are no actual birth records we cannot be sure. He was born in a town 103 miles west of London called Stratford-upon-Avon ad baptised in a local Holy Trinity church on the 26th of his Birth month.
Stratford upon avon was a small town country town when William lived their and boasted a weekly market. The main market cross, the medieval High Cross, stood at the junction of Stratford High Street and Bridge Street in the centre of the town. The Elizabethan market town of Stratford-on-Avon consisted of half - timbered buildings and was situated in rural England and surrounded by countryside and woodlands. Stratford upon Avon had about 1,500 inhabitants but grew during the Elizabethan era as times changed.
William was the third child of John Shakespeare, a leather merchant, and Mary Arden, a local landed heiress. William had two older sisters, Joan and Judith, and three younger brothers, Gilbert, Richard and Edmund. Before William's birth, his father became a successful merchant and held official positions as alderman and bailiff, an office resembling a mayor. He married a young woman names Anne Hathaway at the age of 18 on November 28, 1582, in Worcester, in Canterbury Province. Hathaway was from Shottery, a small village a mile west of Stratford. Their first child, a daughter they named Susanna, was born on May 26, 1583. Two years later, on February 2, 1585, twins Hamnet and Judith were born. Hamnet later died of unknown causes at age 11. Therefore it is shown that this man had many obligations as not only was he a brother and providing son he was also a husband and a father from a young age of 19.
In terms of the professional life of William Shakespeare he was ve successful, even more so after he passed away. By 1597, 15 of the 37 plays written by William Shakespeare were published. Civil records show that at this time he purchased the second largest house in Stratford, called New House, for his family. It was a four-day ride by horse from Stratford to London, so it is believed that Shakespeare spent most of his time in the city writing and acting and came home once a year during the 40-day Lenten period, when the theatres were closed.
By 1599, William Shakespeare and his business partners built their own theatre on the south bank of the Thames River, which they called the Globe, and a replica is sill standing today lit by only candlelights.
In 1605, Shakespeare purchased leases of real estate near Stratford for 440 pounds, which doubled in value and earned him 60 pounds a year. This made him an entrepreneur as well as an artist, and scholars believe these investments gave him the time to write his plays uninterrupted.
Tradition has it that William Shakespeare died on his birthday, April 23, 1616, though many believe this is a myth.
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