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William Shakespeare
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Shakespeare was born in 1564, at Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, a prosperous small market town of about two thousand inhabitants. ...
His father was John Shakespeare, a prominent citizen in Stratford who was a glover and dealt in wool. ... John Shakespeare seems to have been in financial difficulties in the late 1570s; he did not attend council meetings after 1576; two years later he mortgaged a house and land which belonged to his wife; and in 1586 his name was struck off the Council as he had not attended its meetings for a long time. Though there is no documentary evidence to prove it, it seems likely that William Shakespeare attended the Grammar School at Stratford; he may have left before he completed the full curriculum.
When he was eighteen Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway; she was apparently nearly eight years older than her husband; she was the daughter of a well-to-do farmer at Shottery, a couple of miles from Stratford. ... Later, Shakespeare became a house- keeper, which meant he had a share in the ownership of the theatre. ...
Shakespeare seems to have acted such roles as Adam in As You Like It, the ghost in Hamlet, the Duke in The Merchant of Venice, the Duke in Othello and Escalus in Romeo and Juliet.
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Title: William Shakespeare
Words: 901
Rating: None
Pages: 3.6
submitted by: j1l2i3e4
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