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... William, the eldest son, and third child (of eight) was baptised on 26th April 1564 and probably educated at Stratford Grammar School, but little is known of his life up to his eighteenth year William Shakespeare, surely the world’s most performed and admired playwright, was born in April, 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwicksire, about 100 miles northwest of London. ... Earlier in his life John had served a term as the mayor of Stratford, was a town councilman, one of Stratford’s justices of peace, and an ale taster. John, unfortunately, could not write Very little is known about Mary Arden Shakespeare’s life. ... The classical writers studied in the classroom influenced Shakespeares plays and poetry; for example, some of his ideas for plots and characters came from Ovids tales, the plays of Terence and Plautus, and Roman history. WORK Shakespeares reputation was established in London by 1592; in that year another dramatist, Robert Greene, was envious of his success and called him an upstart crow. Shakespeares earliest plays included the three parts of Henry VI, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, and Titus Andronicus. Shakespeares first printed works were two long poems, Venus and Adonis (1593) and The Rape of Lucrece (1594). These were both dedicated to the Earl of Southampton, a young courtier and favourite of Queen Elizabeth I, who had become Shakespeares patron. ... In 1596 Shakespeares father was granted a coat-of-arms, and it is likely that in this matter the dramatist took the initiative with the College of Arms in London. ... Shakespeares success in the London theatres made him wealthy and in 1597 he bought New Place, one of the largest houses in Stratford. ... Drama was a nation-wide activity in Shakespeares time but only in London were there buildings designed specifically for performing plays. ... Situated on the south bank of the Thames, in the suburb of Southwark, it is the theatre most closely associated with Shakespeares plays, and he was one of the shareholders in the enterprise. ... When James I (James VI of Scotland) came to the English throne in 1603 he granted royal patronage to Shakespeares acting company, which thus became the Kings Men. As had happened in the 1590s in Elizabeth Is last years, Shakespeares plays were presented before the court in the royal palaces, as well as to audiences in the public theatres. ... Some of Shakespeares most famous tragedies were written in the early 1600s, including Hamlet and, after James Is accession, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth. ... The Hidden Years are what many call this time period in Shakespeare’s life. ... There are various traditions and stories about the so-called lost years between 1585 and 1592, a period for which there is virtually no evidence concerning his life. ... When he was growing up, drama was a significant part of Stratfords social life. ... Death The latter Part of his Life was spent, as all Men of good Sense will wish theirs may be, in Ease, Retirement, and the Conversation of his Friends. ... But since Ben Johnson has made a sort of an Essay towards it in his Discoveries, tho as I have before hinted, he was not very Cordial in his Friendship Shakespeares elder daughter, Susanna, married John Hall a Stratford physician, in 1607, and gave birth to a daughter, Elizabeth, the following year. |
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