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WILLIAM
SHAKESPEARE
1564 - 1616

AII THE WORLD’S A STAGE,
AND AII THE MEN AND WOMEN MERELY PLAYERS.
W. SHAKESPEARE
(«AS YOU LIKE IT»)

BIOGRAPHY
He was born on
April 23, 1564
In Stratford–upon–Avon.
His mother was the daughter
of a farmer.
His father was a glove-maker.

ENGLAND MIDLANDS
STRATFORD
HAS ANGLO-SAXON
ORIGINS
STANDS ON THE
RIVER AVON
OVER 800 YEARS OLD

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON NOWADAYS

W.SHAKESPEARE’S BIRTHPLACE
HENLY STREET

THE BACKYARD OF THE HOUSE

AT THE AGE OF 7 WILLIAM WAS SENT TO GRAMMAR SCHOOL, WHERE HE STUDIED FOR 6 YEARS.
AT THE AGE OF 14 HIS FATHER TOOK HIM FROM SCHOOL.
WHAT HE DID BETWEEN 14-18 IS NOT KNOWN.

W. SHAKESPEARE’S SCHOOL IN STRATFORD-UPON-AVON

THE CLASSROOM

Family life
◆ Marriage to Anne Hathaway in 1582
◆ Anne was 26, he was 18
◆ 3 children
◆ The youngest, Hamnet died at the
age of 11

London
MOVED TO WORK IN LONDON AT THE AGE OF 23
JOINED A TRAVELLING COMPANY OF ACTORS
WORKED BOTH AS AN ACTOR AND A WRITER
MOST OF HIS PLAYS WERE PERFORMED IN THE NEW GLOBE THEATRE

GLOBE THEATRE NOWADAYS

STRATFORD ROYAL SHAKESPEARE THEATRE (1932)

WHAT MONARCH REIGNED IN SHAKESPEARE’S TIMES?

QUEEN ELIZABETH I
(1533-1603)
ARTS AND ESPECIALLY
THEATRE WAS
DEVELOPED

GREAT SHAKESPEARE’ S PLAYS
1593 «THE COMEDY OF ERRORS»
1595 «ROMEO AND JULIET»
1599 «JULIUS CAESAR»
1600 «AS YOU LIKE IT»
1600 «TWELFTH NIGHT»
1601 « HAMLET»
1604 «OTHELLO»
1606 «KING LEAR»
and others

1609
1623

SHAKESPEARE’S SIGNATURE

POTRAITS
wh
Which is real? Nobody knows…

A NEW POTRAIT WAS FOUND
1610
46 YEARS OLD

GARDENS OF NEW PLACE
HERE W. SHAKESPEARE SPENT HIS LAST YEARS OF HIS LIFE.
THE HOUSE WAS DESTROYED. THERE IS A GARDEN ON ITS PLACE.

The end of his life
Returned to Stratford
in 1610
In 1616 Shakespeare died on April, 23 (his birthday)
Was buried in Holy Trinity Church, where he was christened

HOLY TRINITY CHURCH STRATFORD

HOLY TRINITY CHURCH
THE FIRST MONUMENT

HOLY TRINITY CHURCH
W. SHAKESPEARE’S GRAVE STONE
AFTER WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S DEATH THERE WAS
MUCH TALK ABOUT REMOVING HIS REMAINS FROM STRATFORD TO THE
WESMINSTER ABBEY BUT THE IDEA WAS SOON ABANDONED.

ONLY IN 1740, 124 YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH, MEMORIAL STATUE TO WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE WAS ERECTED IN POET’S
CORNER IN WESMINSTER ABBY.

POET’S CONER
WESTMINSTER ABBY

NEW YORK
STRATFORD ON AVON
MONUMENTS

Looking back
Shakespeare wrote:
37 plays
154 sonnets
2 poems

THOUGH WRITTEN MORE THAN 400 YEARS AGO, HIS PLAYS CONTINUE TO BE READ AND PERFORMED.

ROMEO AND JULIET

HAMLET

KING LEAR

OTHELLO

«HE WAS NOT FOR AN AGE,
BUT FOR ALL TIME.»
Ben Jonson
(1572-1637)