Quick history of William Shakespeare...

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WILLIAM
SHAKESPEARE

2. William Shakespeare was born on the
23rd of April , 1564 and died on the 23rd
of April , 1616.
He attended King’s new school and he
was born in Stratford – upon – Avon ,
UK. Where he was taught reading,
writing , and the classics.

3. EARLY LIFE
There was no birth record of
William but William was the third
child of John Shakespeare , a leather
merchant and Mary Arden , a local
landed heiress. He had two sisters;
Joan & Judith and three brothers;
Gilbert , Richard and Edmund.

4. William shakespeare wrote a lot of Poems ,
Plays and Sonnet. It was said that he wrote
about 154 sonnets , 38 plays in which 18 were
comedies ,10 history ,10 tragedy and 4 long
poetries.

5. Comedy
History
Tragedy
Poetry
All’s well that end well
Henry IV, part 1
Antony and Cleopatra
A Lover's Complaint
As you like it
Henry IV, Part 2
Coriolanus
Rape of Lucrece
The comedy of errors
King Henry V
Hamlet
Venus and Adonis
Cymbeline
Henry VI Part 1
Julius Caesar
A Funeral elegy
Love’s labour lost
Henry VI Part 2
King Lear
Measure for measure
Henry VI, Part 3
Macbeth
The Merry wives of windsor
King Henry VIII
Othello
The merchant of Venice
King John
Romeo and Juliet
Midsummer Night’s Dream
King Richard II
Timon of Athens
Much Ado about nothing
King Richard III
Titus Andronicus
Pericles
Taming of the Shrew
The Tempest
Troilus and Cressida
Twelfth Night
Two Gentlemen of Verona
Winter's Tale

6. Shakespeare was known for using
his own words in most of his plays ,
words that were not used in the
Bible and din’t exist in the
dictionary.He was called Bard of
Avon and was said to have made up
half of the dictionary we use today.

7. His plays were specially
acted for the King . These are
his top 10 plays starting from
the least:
10 - Othello
09 – The taming of the Shrew
08 – Twelth Night
07 – Julius Caesar
06 – Richard III

8. 05 – Macbeth
04 – Midsummer Night’s Dawn
03 – Henry
02 – Romeo and Juliet
01 - Hamlet

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