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William Shakespeare Assignment

Life: 23rd April, 1564 - 23 April 1616 (aged 52)

William Shakespeare actual date of birth cannot be substantiated since at the time of his birth, births were not registered and birth certificates were not produced. His birth date can however be guessed. The baptismal register of the Holy trinity parish church in Strafford shows in Latin that Guiliemus Filus Johannes Shakespeare was born on the 23^rd April, 1564 to parents John and Mary Shakespeare. This date has imp importance to England as the April 23^rd is St.George?s Day ? The Patron Saint.

Shakespeare was the third of child of John and Mary Shakespeare. He was born on Henley Street, Stratford-Upon-Avon, England. The previous child, Margaret, sadly died of the Bubonic Plague [also known as the Black Death]. Shakespeare?s father was a retailer of animal skins and therefore he live in constant danger of catching the disease. It is not surprising that Shakespeare lived in terrible fear of the plague since two of his sisters died in their infancy and his own son Hamnet died at a young age of 11 years.

William Shakespeare attended the Stratford Grammar School, which educated the sons of Stratford citizens. The curriculum was based on Latin and major classical writers. As the eldest son William was expected to become an apprentice at his father?s shop when he completed grammar school so that he could eventually take over the business ? but he did not.

On November 27^th, 1582 William Shakespeare was issued a permit at the age of 18 to marry his wife, Ann Hathaway, who was 8 years his elder. The next day, a bond was signed to protect the bishop who issued the license, from any legal responsibility for approving the marriage since he was still a minor and she was pregnant. Ann Hathaway and William Shakespeare daughter was born on the 26^th May, 1583. They welcomed twin daughters Hannah and Judith who were named after their godparents and their neighbours, on February 2nd, 1585.

Plays that Shakespeare wrote include:

Historic themed:

King John, Richard II, Henry IV, Part 1, Henry IV, Part 2 Henry V, Henry VI, Part 1 ,Henry VI, Part 2 ,Henry VI, Part 3 ,Richard III and Henry VIII

Tragic themed:

Troilus and Cressida, Coriolanus ,Titus Andronicus ,Romeo and Juliet ,Timon of Athens ,Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Hamlet, King Lear, Othello, Antony and Cleopatra

Comedy themed:

The Tempest, The Two Gentlemen of Verona ,The Merry Wives of Windsor, Measure for Measure, The Comedy of Errors, Much Ado About Nothing, Love's Labour's Lost, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, As You Like It, The Taming of the Shrew, All's Well That Ends Well , Twelfth Night, The Winter's Tale, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, The Two Noble Kinsmen, Cymbeline, and Troilus and Cressida.

The English playwright and poet is recognized in much of the world as the greatest of all of the dramatists because he English theatre by expanding expectations about what could be accomplished through characterisation, plot, action, language, and genre. His poetic artistry helped raise the status of popular theatre, permitting it to be admired by intellectuals as well as by those seeking pure entertainment. The Elizabethan Era is named after the greatest Queens of England, Queen Elizabeth I during her reign (1558?1603). It is often considered to be the golden age in English history. It was the height of the English Renaissance and saw the flowering of English poetry, music and literature. This was the era of the very first Theatres in England - William Shakespeare, the globe Theatre and Christopher Marlowe. Religion - Politics - Executions - Crime and Punishment all played their part in the Elizabethan era. It was also the age of exploration and expansion abroad.

Name of the theatre where Shakespeare?s plays were performed is the Elizabethan theatre during the Elizabethan era.

Shakespeare plays were performed by ?in the amphitheatres there were smoke effects, the firing of a real canon, fireworks and spectacular 'flying' entrances from the rigging in the top of the theatre called the 'heavens. Music also accompanied productions at the Globe Theatre. Summer performances would be held in the open air Theatres like the Globe and winter performances would be produced in the indoor Playhouses like Blackfriars Shakespearean Actors generally only got their lines as the play was in progress called ?cue scripting? the Actors did not know the plot until the play was being performed. There were no females in the Theatres. Therefore young boy actors would take on these roles.

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