WILLIAM
SHAKESPEARE

Hello! I´m William
Shakespeare, I´m a
playwriter and a
poet.

William Shakespeare was born on
April 23rd, 1564

He lived in Stratford-Upon-Avon.

When William was around 8 some wandering players came
to his village. He loved their costumes and instruments.

His dad took him and his younger brother Gilbert to see the
play.

He dreamed about becoming an actor and write his own plays.

Anne Hathaway and William
Shakespeare got married.

Shakespeare had a daughter called
Sussanah and twins named Judith and
Hamnet.

Shakespeare left Stratford-Upon-
Avon to go to London to work.

He staged his
first play. It was a
huge success, the
crowd loved it.

He became famous and everyone
admired him

Queen Elizabeth I became his
friend. He wrote plays for her.

William
Shakespeare
and his
friends built
the Globe
theater.

Shakespeare’s theater, The Globe, burned down!

That´s the Globe today.

William Shakespeare wrote
“Romeo and Juliet”.

It´s a love story, but, also, a
tragedy.

Which means the end is sad

In Verona, Italy, you can find Juliet´s
balcony.

You can leave your love messages
and Juliet will read them

Shakespeare wrote Hamlet,
another tragedy.
To be or not to be,
that is the question.

But he also wrote comedies. He wrote a play called “A
Midsummer Night’s Dream”. Nick Bottom turned
into a donkey and the beautiful Queen of the fairies
falls in love with a donkey.

He was also a poet. He wrote sonnets (poems
exactly 14 lines long).

William Shakespeare died in
1616.