Biography of william shakespeare

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Biography of william shakespeare

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Here below is a short biography ... actually, more of just a brief outline  --but you can find more biographies of him, of different lengths, at the Source links below.   And you can find lots of others if you'll do a   search on the internet using "Shakespeare biography" as your search term.

William Shakespeare - Playwright

Born: April 23, 1564, Stratford-on-Avon, England

Died: April 23, 1616, Stratford-on-Avon, England

Early Influences:

    * Family lived comfortably until Shakespeare turned 13

    * Father was involved in local affairs

    * Married at the age of 18 to Anne Hathaway, she was possibly pregnant

Education:

    * Attended Stratford-on-Avon's Grammar School

    * Father's financial problems when Shakespeare was 13 forced him to leave school

    * Never attended college

    * Became an actor in London at the age of 22

Major Accomplishments:

    * Wrote 36 plays, 154 sonnets and 2 narrative poems

    * Romeo and Juliet - 1594-95

    * Julius Caesar - 1599

    * Hamlet - 1600

    * Macbeth - 1605-06

Significance:

    * Part owner of the Globe Theater in London

    * Most popular writer of his own age

    * Many consider him to be the most gifted writer of all time

    * Many of his words and phrases have entered the English language