William Shakespeare's life and times

life

Date of Birth and Place of Birth

Parents:Names/Occupation

Siblings:How many?

• 2 older sisters: Joan and Judith
• 3 younger brothers: Gilbert, Richard and Edmund

Early Education

Wife-Name and Background
Anne Hathway was from Shottery, a small village a mile from Stratford. She visited the town and had the opportunity to meet William Shakespeare.

Relationship with his wife Shakespeare gave Susanna a lot of provision including his real estate holding in Stratford and London. In his will he said they should give Anne me second best bed with furniture. Scholars say that 1st best bed were for the guest. According to the law of that day the wife (Anne) should been entitled to one- third of her husband provision(estate).

Children-Names ANd birth order

• Daughter- Susanna was born on May 26,1583
• Twins- Hamnet and Judith born February 2, 1585

loss of child

london years

LOST YEARS

scholars argue: his work is not his own

• Anyone of such modest education could write with the intellectual perceptiveness and poetic power in his words.
• Dearth of contemporary primary sources, sketchy details of Shakespeare's life and death.
• No literary training

date of death

cause of death

place of burial

Inscription on tombstone

theater years

how many plays did he write?

three types of plays he wrote

• Tragedy-Anothony and Cleopatra
• History- Richard III
• Comedy- Merry Wives of Windsor

Physical Features
The theater is the Globe Theatre. It was constructed of timber gotten by the wood from "The Theatre". The Globe as built as a large round, open air theatre.

people in the theater

ENTERTAINMENT ENJOYED BY ELIZABETHANS

What Happenned?
The Globe Theatre burnt down when a canon shot during a performance of Henry VIII ignited the thatched root of the Gallery.

patrons

NAME OF SHAKESPEARE'S ACTING COMPANY

QUEEN ELIZABETH
Queen Elizabeth was the queen of England that ruled for 44 years. The Elizabethan era is named for her. Queen Elizabeth influenced the English drama(Shakespeare).

elizabethan england

Poverty in Elizabethan England
The population rose from 3 to 4 million people. This increase was due to a rise in fertility and high death rate. The country resource have to be shared by a greater number of people. Added to the problem was the rising prices

Social Roles
Your parents are suppose to negotiate the marriage. Marry for love is considered foolish.

Crime and PunishmentElizabethan crimes were classified into two classes.
-the upper class
-the nobility and courtiers, and everyone else. The most common of the Nobility include High Treason, Blasphemy, Rebellion, Spying, Murder and Witchcraft. Crimes of the commoners are theft, adultery and fraud. Small crimes like stealing bird eggs.

ENTERTAINMENT

Sports

• Archery
• Bowling
• Dice
• Hammer throwing
• Skittles
• Hunking using dogs
• Hawking

Economy
The growth in population destroyed the economy. Costs of food and clothing prices increased. In 1590's marked the starvation, widespread disease. One of Queen Elizabeth decision was to issue a new monetary system that contain a standard amount of metal.

Trades(jobs)

• Artist
• Baker
• Barber
• Carpenter
• Janitor
• Marshal etc.

Bubonic plague

when did it start?

who long did it last?

how many people died?

what caused it?

how did it spread?

Shakespeare Career
The outbreak of the Bubonic Plague would cause the Globe Theatre to close. The Bubonic Plague was mentioned in the Tempest, King Lear, Timon of Athens and Romeo and Juliet.