William Shakespeare was born in April, 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. His birthday is traditionally celebrated in 23rd of April .
1. Write the names of William Shakespeare’s parents. Who were they?
Shakespeare's parents were John Shakespeare & Mary Arden .
His father, John Shakespeare, was a whittawer (a maker, worker and seller of leather goods such as purses, belts and gloves) and a dealer in agricultural commodities.
His wife, Mary Arden, of Wilmcote, Warwickshire, came from an ancient family and was the heiress to some land.
2. Write the name of his wife. When did they get married?
Shakespeare’s wife was Anne Hathaway
He married the 26 year old Anne Hathaway on November 28th 1582.
3. Write the names of his three children. What happened to them?
His three children were Susanna and the twins Hamnet and Judith.
The boy Hamnet, Shakespeare's only son, died 11 years later in 1596, while Judith died in 1662.
4. What was the name of his hometown?
The name of his hometown was Stratford- upon- Avon.
5. Write the names of the buildings in his hometown related to him.
His birthplace , King Edward VI Grammar School, Mary Arden's house, Nash House, Hall's Croft, Anne Hathaway's cottage and Holy Trinity Church.
6. Where did he study?
He studied in Stratford, a grammar school of good quality and the education there was free, the schoolmaster's salary being paid by the borough. The boy's education would consist mostly of Latin studies (learning to read, write, and speak the language fairly well and studying some of the classical historians, moralists, and poets).
7. Did he go to university?
Shakespeare didn’t go to university.
8. Why did he leave his family and hometown to go to London?
We don't know sure. But, a lot of people think that Shakespeare went to London to try to become an actor.
9. How many plays had he written when he arrived in London?
Shakespeare only began composing plays when he arrived in London sometime between 1588 and 1591. He composed thirteen plays: Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, The Taming of the Shrew, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Othello, The Tempest, Twelfth Night, The Merchant of Venice and Richard III.
10. When can we find the first reference to Shakespeare in the literary world of London?
In 1592, when a fellow dramatist, Robert Greene, wrote about Shakespeare in a pamphlet written on his deathbed.
11. When he was in London , he was an actor and playwritght who belonged to the company called Lord Chamberlain's Men, which had been founded by Lord Chamberlain and whose theatre was called The Globe. They had the best actor Richard Burbage and the best dramatist William Shakespeare.
12. When and where did he die?
He died in 23rd of April, 1616 in Stratford-upon- Avon
13. When and where did his wife die?
Anne died in 1623, seven years after Shakespeare.
14. Where is he buried?
Shakespeare was buried in the chancel of the Holy Trinity Church two days after his death. The epitaph carved into the stone slab covering his grave includes a curse against moving his bones, which was carefully avoided during restoration of the church in 2008:
Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear
To dig the dust enclosed here.
Blest be the man that spares these stones,
And curst be he that moves my bones.
15. What did his will state?
Shakespeare's will made on 25th of March, 1616. In it, Shakespeare left the bulk of his large state to his older daughter Susanna.
As an afterthought, he bequeathed his "second-best bed" to his wife; but no one can be certain what this notorious legacy means.
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