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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
- Shayna Maybon
- English I Blk 4
- Shakespeare Project
- October 2013
BIRTH AND DEATH
- Born: April 26, 1564
- Stratford-upon-Avon
- Died: April 23, 1616
- Stratford-upon-Avon
DESCENDANTS
- He doesn't have any direct descendants
- His last known relative is Elizabeth
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PERSONAL LIFE
- Grew up in Stratford-upon-Avon
- His wife's name is Anne Hathaway
- Parents: John and Mary Shakespeare
- Kids: Hamnet Shakespeare
- Judith Quiney and Susanna Hall
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HIS CAREER
- Spent adult life in London
- And Stratford-upon-Avon
- Acting company:
- Lord Chamberlains Men
- His theater: Globe Theater
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HIS WORKS
- Shakespeare wrote 39 plays.
- Comedy: "The Merchant of Venice"
- Tragedy: "Romeo and Juliet"
- History: "Macbeth"
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COOL FACTS
- John Shakespeare was prosecuted for stealing wool
- Many of Shakespeare's plays are based on earlier plays, histories, and poems.
- In Shakespeare's time, theaters had no curtain and used little or no scenery.
- The Globe burned to the ground on June 29, 1613 and was set fire by a cannon
- Shakespeare's works contain first-ever recordings of 2,035 English words
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More fact ....
- He wrote about one-tenth of the most quotable quotations ever spoken in English.
- He revised his will the signatures are shaky, suggesting that he was not well
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SOURCES
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droeshout_portrait
- http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/birth-and-death-of-william-shake...
- http://www.ask.com/question/where-did-shakespeare-grow-up
- http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespearean_history
- http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080416045510AA2LDlC
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