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WILLIAM
SHAKESPEARE
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON,
23 APRIL 1564
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON,
23 APRIL 1616
THE LIFE
He lived during the renaissance period, he was born in
April 1564, in Stratford, near London.
His parents were John and Mary. The father, a dealer in
wool, was a solid middle-class citizen.
Young William attended the local Grammar school,
where he learn Latin and the classical writers.
When he was only eighteen he married Annie
Hathaway. Anne bore him three children.
During the period of bubonic plague he wrote sonnets,
lyric poetry and private plays for his aristocratic friends,
and got support from a young nobleman, the Earl of
Southampton.
Shakespeare became a the main playwright of the most
popular acting company in London: “The Lord
Chamberlain’s Men”.
THE GLOBE THEATRE
The Globe Theatre was a theater in London where
recited by William Shakespeare's company. Its
reconstruction it can still see the original location,
near Blackfriars Bridge on the banks of the Thames.
The original Globe Theatre was built in 1599 by the
theater company to which Shakespeare belonged, the
Lord Chamberlain's Men, and destroyed by fire in
1613.The Globe Theatre that was rebuilt in 1614,
closed in 1642 and demolished in 1644The modern
reconstruction of the Globe, named 'Shakespeare's
Globe Theatre', opened in 1999…
…
The wooden structure, also called "the wooden O",
was octagonal and had an open space at the center, to let
in the natural light. The theater could hold up to 3200
people. The admission price was, Elizabethan age, of 1
penny for standing room and 2 penny for seats in the
three circular galleries. A shelter in case of rain repaired
the expensive costumes the actors. The scene consisted of
a stage that jutted out into the audience and literally from
a second floor, often used for the reproduction of entire
rooms or balconies (Romeo and Juliet). The shows were
starting day and lasted into the evening, and sometimes
made use of dangerous torches. Due to a fire, the Globe
was demolished. On the flag hung over the structure was
bearing the motto "Totus mundus agit histrionem"
HAMLET
Hamlet is one of the most well-known
Shakespearean tragedy and cited. It was
probably written between 1600 and the
summer of 1602. We are in Elsinore, Denmark.
The ghost of the dead king, killed by his brother
Claudius who then usurped the throne and
married his wife, his son Hamlet appears and
asks to be avenged. Hamlet is caught by a
thousand doubts and thinks it is easier to find
out the truth by being crazy to believe
ROMEO AND JULIET
It 'a tragedy by William Shakespeare composed between
1594 and 1596, among the most famous and represented, as
well as one of the most popular love stories. The story of the
two protagonists have changed over time as a symbolic
value, becoming the archetype of perfect love, but opposed
by the company. The sixteen year old scion of the
Montagues, Romeo, is in love with Rosaline, a Capulet
(character who never appears) which, for a purity and
chastity, do not want to pay attention to Romeo. Mercutio
(Romeo's friend and relative of the Prince) and Benvolio
(cousin of Romeo) Romeo from trying in vain to divert his
melancholy, then decide to go masked to the house of the
Capulets, have fun and try to forget. Romeo, who is hoping
to see Rosalina to the ball, meets Juliet instead. Thus began
the story of impossible love between the two, culminating
in the death of both.
It’s a tragedy in five acts, in verse
and prose, written in 1605-1606 by
William Shakespeare. Lear, King of Britain has
three daughters of which would divide the kingdom,
but Cordelia, the youngest, is disinherited and is married to
the King of France. The kingdom is
divided between Goneril, wife of the Duke of
Albany, andRegan, wife of the Duke of Cornwall. The two chase
away the father from the kingdomand in his
defense comes with the French army but Cordelia is captured
and killed on the orders of Edmund, usurper of
Gloucester County. Lear dies of grief, Goneril, in love
with Edmund, kills his sister and plot the murder of her
husband. Discovery, kills himself and the kingdom of
Britain will be the Duke of Albany.
KING LEAR
THE END…
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