April 26 1564 Father - John Shakespeare In Stratford-upon-Avon, (a leather merchant) Warwickshire, England Mother - Mary Arden Sisters - two older sisters Education Brothers - three younger brothers King’s New School William left school Marriage . when he was 14 or 15 November 1582 . Anne Hathaway Career they had three children English poet and playwright He wrote at least 154 sonnets Reason for Fame and around 40 plays. Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English The Globe theatre language and the world’s Shakespeare helped build a new preeminent dramatist. theatre called The Globe, which Shakespeare’s plays opened in 1599. Comedies – Tragedies – Histories – All's Well That Ends Well Romeo and Juliet Henry IV Death As You Like It Julius Caesar Henry V The Comedy of Errors Hamlet King John Shakespeare died when he The Merchant of Venice Othello Pericles was 52 on April 23, 1616. A Midsummer Night's King Lear Richard II Dream Macbeth The Taming of the Shrew Antony and The Tempest CleopatraCoriolanus Twelfth Night The Winter's Tale
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Shakespeare’s home on King’s New School on Church Street in Stratford-upon-Avon Globe Theatre in London Henley Street