An English poet, playwright and actor, English language writer and the world's pre-eminent dramatist, William Shakespeare, was baptized on 26 April 1564 and died 23 April 1616. His exact birth date is unknown but it is sure that she was born in the 16th century. He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon. She was the third child of his parents. His father John Shakespeare was a leather merchant and his mother Mary Arden was a local landed heiress. He had two elder sisters, Joan and Judith and three younger brothers, Gilbert, Richard and Edmund. Shakespeare is one of those popular personalities whose biography and creation is taught in school. He is a part of the education for everyone. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.
There is no proper information if John Shakespeare was a native of Stratford but he was living in the town by 1552. In that year, he was fined for leaving a dunghill in Henley Street. In 1552, Stratford was a small town with a population of between 1,500 and 2,000. He was very innovative, adapting the traditional style to his own purposes and creating a freer flow of words. After couples of years, at the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway. They married in November 1583. With relationship with her, Shakespeare had three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet (died when he was 11) and Judith. Shakespeare, after marriage, started to get exposed in public. Between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part-owner of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men. It is unknown what he used to do before 1587 but after that year he was famously known as an actor and a playwright. At the early career, she his most of the creations were mainly comedies and histories and these works remain regarded as some of the best work produced in these genres even today. His recognition especially began by 1592. In London, he produced several plays. His works include,
TRAGEDIES: Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, King Lear, Macbethl, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, Timon of Athens, and Titus Andronicus.
HISTORIES: Henry IV, Part I,Henry IV, Part II,Henry V,Henry VI, Part I, Henry VI, Part II,Henry VI, Part III, Henry VIII, King John, Richard II and Richard III
COMEDIES: All's Well That Ends Well, As You Like It, The Comedy of Errors, Cymbeline and Love's Labours Lost, Measure for Measure, The Merry Wives of Windsor, he Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, The Taming of the Shrew, The Tempest, Troilus and Cressida, Twelfth Night, Two Gentlemen of Verona, and The Winter's Tale.
POETRY: The Sonnets, A Lover's Complaint, The Rape of Lucrece, Venus and Adonis and Funeral Elegy by W.S.
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