SHAKESPEARE

EARLY LIFE

• Lived in Stratford on Avon
• Father was a glove maker who became town mayor
• Mother was a relative of a wealthy family
• Was baptized in April 26, 1564
• Probably went to local grammar school
• Would have studied studied Latin and read works by ancient Roman writers

AGE 18

• Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway (local farmer daughter)
• Had a daughter named Susanna
• Had twins named Hamnet and Judith two years later

1596

• Romeo and Juliet was first performed
• Ten of Shakespeare's plays already been produced in London
• Shakespeare's play helped make the theater company successful