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William Shakespeare
By Monica Hemingway
The Beginning
• William Shakespeare was born in
Stratford-upon-Avon
• He was supposedly born on April 23,
1564
Lower part of England
The room Shakespeare was born in
Holy Trinity Church
Parents
• William
Shakespeare’s
father, John
Shakespeare, was
a glover,
whittawer, and a
leather merchant
• Mary Arden, his
mother, was a
landed local
heiress
John Shakespeare’s Job
• In 1565, John Shakespeare took a
place at the town’s council as an
alderman
• In 1568, he was the high bailiff, which
is equivalent of a town mayor.
• Proper Attire: A black gown with fur
and a thumb ring
Education
• Nobody knows, for sure, where he
attended school
• Shakespeare had knowledge in:
• Latin
• Classical Greek
Those were mandatory classes at the
Grammar School of Stratford
Grammar School in Stratford
Shakespeare’s School
• Shakespeare must of left school at the
age of 14 or 15, which was normal
• Discipline was rough
• Children learned to read and write
by the age of 4 or 5
The First Lost Years
• Between 1578 – 1582
• He may have travelled to Italy
• He may have gone out to find a job
such as :
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Law Clerk
Schoolmaster
Scrivener
Soldier
Sailor
• 1579 – Anne Shakespeare dies
Shakespeare–Criminal Record?
Sir Thomas was so covetous
To covet so much deer
When horns enough upon his head
Most plainly did appear
Had not his worship one deer left?
What then? He had a wife
Took pains enough to find him horns
Should last him during his life.
Marriage
• Shakespeare
married
Anne
Hathaway
on
November
28, 1582
Family
• Susanna,
the first
daughter,
was born on
May 26,
1583
• Hamnet
and Judith,
twins, were
born on
February 2,
1585
Names
• William named Hamnet and Judith
after his friends, Hamnet and Judith
Sadler
• The couple owned a bakery
• They became the twin’s god-parents
• Hamnet and Judith’s first baby was
a boy named William
The Second Lost Years
• Between 1582 – 1592
• He definitely left Stratford
• Probably to pursue his career in
London
The Summer of 1588
• William Shakespeare is 24 years old
• Volunteered at the Armada Muster
• Met a girl who was the daughter of
Richard Woodward, a land owner
Bitter Disappointments
• Hamnet, one of the twins, died in
childhood at the age of 11
• Hamnet’s death was caused by an
illness
• John Comb, one of Shakespeare’s
friends, died and left him £5
Robert Greene
• Robert Greene was a Cambridge MA
• He was born in 1558
• He was a writer and a pamphleteer
•Robert Greene called Shakespeare an
“upstart young cow” in 1592
The Globe Theatre
• The original Globe
Theatre was built by
James Burbage in
1576.
• In 1597, the company
technically owned
the Theatre
• The landlord, Giles
Allen, wanted to
tear the Theatre
down.
The Globe Theatre (cont.)
• The company then purchased
property at Blackfriars in Upper
Frater Hall
• The bough along £600 for theatrical
use
• The old lease allowed the company to
dismantle the building themselves…
The Second Globe Theatre
• The men took down the Theatre
• Moved the materials across the
Thames to Bankside
• Then, proceeded to use the materials
in constructing the second Globe
Theatre
The second Globe Theatre
The Aftermath
• Giles Allen returned to London
• He sued the carpenter for £800
• The courts found in favor of the Lord
Chamberlain’s Men
• The court ordered Allen to desist
from any other legal charges
Shakespeare’s Career
• Some of his plays were made even
before 1592
• Made his career with Francis Meres
and Philip Henslowe
Shakespeare’s Career (cont.)
• He was the principal poet for the
Chamberlain’s Men
• The greatest honor and the most
important opportunity in
Shakespeare’s life
Titus Andronicus
• George Peele had been known to be
the original author
• Changed the name to Titus and
Vespasian
• In 1598, Shakespeare’s partner
showed proof that the play was an
original of Shakespeare’s
This is the only surviving contemporary illustration
from the play, because the Globe Theatre gets burned
down in 1613
Shakespeare is reciting a play in
front of the Court
of Queen Elizabeth l.
Arden of Feversham
• No one knows who
wrote the play
• Printed in 1592
• Made before
Shakespeare’s play,
Henry IV
Comedy
• Shakespeare’s
first comedies
were:
• The Taming of
the Shrew
• The Two
Gentlemen of
Verona
• The Comedy of
Errors
Shakespeare Lost A Play
• The play Cardenio had been known
to exist in Shakespeare’s time
• It was played in theatres
• It was very popular
• We have no record of the play
whatsoever
Writing: Romeo & Juliet
• Shakespeare used:
• Knight’s Tale (1559)
• Diana (1560)
• Romeus and Juliet (1562)
• In 1595, he took all these together and
made the play Romeo & Juliet
Venus and Adonis
• A poem
• Earl of
Southampton is
Shakespeare’s
patron
• Probably made
for/to the Earl of
Southampton
The dedication page to the play.
New Place
• In about 1594, William Shakespeare
purchased property
• He purchased the second largest
house in town
• Is was called New Place
Fires
• In 1594, only part of Stratford
burned down
• In 1595, another fire happened in
Stratford, but it was even worse.
Afterwards
• 1601 - John Shakespeare dies
• 1607 - Edmund Shakespeare dies
• 1608 - Mary Shakespeare dies
Retirement
• He wrote his will in 1611:
Pg.1
Pg. 2
Pg. 3
Will
• Most of his properties went to his
daughter Susanna
• £300 went to Judith, one of the twins
• He left his “second best bed” to his
wife
Shakespeare’s Tombstone
Good friend, for Jesus’ sake ,forbear
To dig the dust enclosed here;
Blest be the man that spares these stones
And curst he that moves my bones.
1613
• The Globe Theatre burned to the
ground
• A cannonball shot during the play of
Henry VIII
• It ignited the thatched roof of the
gallery
The Globe Theatre: Rediscovered
• The foundations of the Theatre were
rediscovered in 1989
• People began to reconstruct it is 1993
• The latest Globe Theatre was
completed in 1996
Publishing
• In 1623, after Shakespeare’s death,
Shakespeare’s plays published by
William Jaggard. The first folio
contained 36 plays and sold for…
£1
Facts
• Shakespeare
invented the word
"assassination”
and “bump”
• There are no
authentic
portraits of
William
Shakespeare
Facts (cont.)
• There are more than 80 spelling
variations of the name “Shakespeare”
• Whenever William Shakespeare
wrote his name, he never wrote his
name correctly
This signature on his will says:
William Shakspear
Facts (cont.)
• Some planet’s moons are named after
characters in Shakespeare’s plays
• There is a rumor that Shakespeare
has an illegitimate son
• Shakespeare’s family was mostly
illiterate
Grandchildren
• Susanna married John Hall, a doctor,
in 1607
• In 1608, Elizabeth Hall is born
• Judith married Thomas Quiney, a
vintner, in 1616
• In 1616, Shakespeare Quiney is born
• In 1617, Richard Quiney is born
• In 1619, Thomas Quiney is born
Coat of Arms
“Not
Without
Right”
John Shakespeare
Joan
Margaret
Mary Arden
Gilbert
Joan
Anne
William Shakespeare
Susanna
John Hall
Edmund
Anne Hathaway
Hamnet
Elizabeth
Key
= Died in childhood/plague.
= Marriage
Richard
Thomas Quiney
Shakespeare
Richard
Judith
Thomas
The Shakespeare
Family Tree