WILLIAM SHAKESPREARE

SHAKESPEARE

• He Was Baptized On April 26,1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire, England.
• He died on April 23, 1616 in Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire, England.

FAMILY

• At 18, he married the 26-year-old Anne Hathaway.
• His dad was John and his mom was Mary.
• Susanna, John, Hamnet and Judith where is kids.
• He grew up in Stratford-upon-Avon.

CAREER

• He spent his adult life in London.
• He owned the "Playing Company".
• His theater was the "Globe Theater"

WORKS

• He wrote 14 comedies.("Tempest")
• He wrote 11 histories.("Pericles")
• He wrote 12 tragedies.("Romeo and Juliet")

FUN FACTS

• His first published play was Henry VI, Part Two.
• Shakespeare was also an actor.
• Some scholars have maintained that Shakespeare did not write the Shakespeare plays.
• Almost four hundred years after Shakespeare’s death there are 157 million pages referring to him on Google. There are 132 million for God.
• He was a well known and highly respected businessman and property owner.

SOURCES

• http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca
• http://www.opensourceshakespeare.org
• http://en.wikipedia.org