DePalma-Shakespeare

William Shakespeare **April 23, 1564--April 23, 1616 ** Background:

The Birth Place in Henley Street, as it appeared in 1762 Born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire to John and Mary Shakespeare (Middle Class) Probably attended Stratford Grammar School Most likely apprenticed his father, a whittawer (worked with leather) November 28, 1852, married Anne Hathaway. (He was 18, she was 8 years older than him) Had three children: Susanna, Hamnet, Judith 1586-1592: The Lost Years (lost track of Shakespeare, although people speculate what he did) Through Robert Greene- //Grottes Worth of Witte// learn about what Shakespeare had become by 1592 1594: One of Lord Chamberlain's Men 1599: Became part owner of the Globe--The most prestigious public playhouse Shakespeare's final three plays written with John Fletcher--(King's Men's new dramatist) Shakespeare died in 1616, but the reason is unknown, but it is known that his son-in-law, Dr. Hall attended to him Shakespeare left a will-- none of his books or plays were written in it because they were considered the King's Men's
 * succesful
 * well known in London professional Theater World
 * poet, actor, playwright, play mender
 * //Henry VIII//
 * //Two Noble Kinsmen//
 * //Cardenio//

Works Early Works to Mid 1954 can be classified in 4 groups
 * 1) The Classical Plays
 * 2) The History Plays
 * 3) The Narrative Poems and Sonnets
 * 4) Experiments in Comedy

[| As You Like It] [| The Comedy of Errors] [|Cymbeline] [|Love's Labours Lost] [|Measure for Measure] [|The Merry Wives of Windsor] [|The Merchant of Venice] [|A Midsummer Night's Dream] [|Much Ado About Nothing] [|Pericles, Prince of Tyre] [|Taming of the Shrew] [|The Tempest] [|Troilus and Cressida] [|Twelfth Night] [|Two Gentlemen of Verona] [|Winter's Tale] || [|Henry IV, part 1] [|Henry IV, part 2] [|Henry V] [|Henry VI, part 1] [|Henry VI, part 2] [|Henry VI, part 3] [|Henry VIII] [|King John] [|Richard II] [|Richard III] || [|Antony and Cleopatra] [|Coriolanus] [|Hamlet] [|Julius Caesar] [|King Lear] [|Macbeth] [|Othello] [|Romeo and Juliet] [|Timon of Athens] [|Titus Andronicus] || //[| The Sonnets]// //[| A Lover's Complaint]// //[| The Rape of Lucrece]// //[| Venus and Adonis]// //[| Funeral Elegy by W.S.]// ||
 * ==Comedy== || ==History== || ==Tragedy== || ==Poetry== ||
 * [| All's Well That Ends Well]

Key Facts In his poems and plays, Shakespeare invented thousands of words A complete collection of his works did not appear until 1623 Shakespeare was a part of both the Elizabethan and Jacobean Eras

For more information refer to the CD in your English book or __http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/quiz/bioquiz.htm__ to take a quiz and explore the rest that the site has to offer.

Bibliography "A Shakespeare Timeline." //Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet//. Web. 11 Apr. 2010. .

//The Complete Works of William Shakespeare//. Web. 10 Apr. 2010. .

"William Shakespeare." //Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More//. Web. 11 Apr. 2010. .