William Shakespeare
Poet, Playwright
1564–1616
William Shakespeare was baptized on April 26, 1564, in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. His exact birth date is unknown much like him and his personal life and existence. Shakespeare was the third child of John Shakespeare, a leather merchant, and Mary Arden, a local landed heiress. William had two older sisters, Joan and Judith, and three younger brothers, Gilbert, Richard and Edmund.
William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway on November 28, 1582. William was 18 and Anne was 26. They had three children, a daughter named Susanna and twins Hamnet and Judith. Hamnet died of unknown causes at age 11.
He is famously known for his historical and tragic plays such as Richard 11, HenryV1(1,2+3) and Henry V. Other popular plays such as Hamlet, King Lear, Othello and Macbeth and so on. However their is ongoing speculation wether or not shakespeare wrote all of his own material.
William Shakespeare and his business partners built their own theater on the south bank of the Thames River, which they called the Globe.
William Shakespeare died on the 23 April of unknown causes.
Resources
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