William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright. He is regarded as one of the most important writers in the English Language.
Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon; his parents John Shakespeare and Mary Arden baptized him on 26 April 1564. He was educated at the King´s New School in Stratford, a free school chartered in 1553.
When he was 18, he married Anne Hathaway and they had three children: Susanna, and the twins Judith and Hamnet who died when he was eleven.
It is not known exactly when Shakespeare began writing, but between 1585 and 1592 he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer and part owner of a theatre company called the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, later renamed as the King´s Men.
Around 1613, he moved to Stratford where he died three years later.
Shakespeare wrote 38 plays (comedies, histories and tragedies), 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems and several poems. Some of his comedies are : "The taming of the Shrew", "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "Much Ado about Nothing"; Some of his main tragedies are "Romeo and Juliet", "Hamlet", "King Lear" and "Ohtelo".
You can read Shakespeare’s works in many languages and watch them performed in different countries.
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I think this information is very interesting and I would like to read some of Shakespeare's works. Which ones would you recommend?
ResponderEliminarI also liked the article, a bit too short perhaps. I would recommend a comedy to start with Shakespeare.
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