William Shakespeare is said by many to be the greatest dramatist of all time and is one of the most famous actors/writers in the world. William Shakespeare was born in Stratford upon Avon and his birthday is celebrated on April 23rd but his real birthday is unknown.
William’s family consists of his farther John Shakespeare,
his mother Mary Arden, his sister Joan, another sister called Margret, a brother
called Gilbert, another sister also called Joan, his sister Anne, his brother Richard and finally
his other brother Edmund. William had 4 sisters and 3 brothers he was the first
boy but third child born however his 2 sisters who came before him died.
William’s career in drama started between 1585 and 1592 when
William became a successful actor and writer. William’s writing is now some of
the most well known literature ever. One of his most popular ones is Hamlet
because of the terrible tragedy of the murder of his farther and incest between
his uncle and mother.
Most of William’s first plays where presented in the Globe theatre which was built in 1576 and founded by James Burbage but William was the one who made it famous. The Globe theatre was a hexagonal shaped structure with an inner court about 55 feet across. It was also three stories high and had no roof.
William wrote about 37 plays, 154 sonnets and 2 long poems. This made William a very wealthy man because in the 15/1600 plays were big and there was a lot of money to be made.
When William died on April 23 1616 possibly his birthday at the age of 52 he left the world knowing he was possibly one of the world’s greatest writers/actors.
Bibliography
Cha Cha Answers
williamshakespear.info
Britannica.com/shakespear
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