WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S

BIOGRAPHY
PERSONAL INFORMATION
● Born: 23rd of April 1564 - Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England
● Died: 23rd of April 1616 - Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England
● Era: Elizabethan (centuries XXVI and XXVII)
● Nationality: British
PERSONAL INFORMATION (FAMILY)
● Parents: John Shakespeare - Mary Arden
● Wife: Anne Hathaway
● Children: Susanna Hall - Hamnet Shakespeare - Judith Quiney
● Siblings: Margaret Shakespeare, Gilbert Shakespeare, Joan Shakespeare, Anne
Shakespeare, Richard Shakespeare, Edmund Shakespeare
EARLY LIFE
He studied at the King Edward VI School

At the age of 18 he married Anne Hathaway, who was 26 years old

LITERARY WORKS(PLAYS)
Some tragedies:
● Titus Andronicus (1594)
● Romeo and Juliet (1595)
● Julius Caesar (1599)
● Hamlet (1601)
● Troilus and Cressida (1602)
● Othello (1603-1604)
● King Lear (1605-1606)
● Macbeth (1606)
● Antony and Cleopatra (1606)
● Coriolanus (1608)
● Helm of Athens (1608)
LITERARY WORKS(PLAYS)
Some comedies:
● The Comedy of Errors (1591)
● The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1591-1592)
● Labor of Love Lost (1592)
● A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595-1596)
● The Merchant of Venice (1596-1597)
● Much Ado About Nothing (1598)
● As you like (1599-1600)
● The Merry Wives of Windsor (1601)
● Twelfth night (1601-1602)
● To a good end there is no bad beginning (1602-1603)
● Measure for Measure (1604)
● Pericles (1607)
● Cymbaline (1610)
● Winter's tale (1610-1611)
LITERARY WORKS(POEMS)
Long poems: He also wrote 154 sonnets

● Venus and Adonis

● The rape of Lucrece
● Lament of a lover
UNSOLVED QUESTIONS
● Were all of his plays written by him?
● Was his marriage a happy marriage?
● What was his religion?
● How was his face?
CAUSE OF DEATH
There is the hypothesis that he might have had cancer

But his death is directly related with drinking

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