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    William Shakespeare was an English playwright and poet born in 1564 in Stratford-Upon-Avon. He wrote famous tragedies such as Hamlet, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, and Julius Caesar as well as comedies like Twelfth Night and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Shakespeare acted at Burbage's Theater until building his own Globe Theater in London, which burned down in 1613 but was rebuilt the following year. He died in 1616 at the age of 52 in his hometown of Stratford-Upon-Avon.

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    William Shakespeare was an English playwright and poet born in 1564 in Stratford-Upon-Avon. He wrote famous tragedies such as Hamlet, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, and Julius Caesar as well as comedies like Twelfth Night and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Shakespeare acted at Burbage's Theater until building his own Globe Theater in London, which burned down in 1613 but was rebuilt the following year. He died in 1616 at the age of 52 in his hometown of Stratford-Upon-Avon.

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    Shakespeare's Life

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    William Shakespeare was an English playwright and poet born in 1564 in Stratford-Upon-Avon. He wrote famous tragedies such as Hamlet, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, and Julius Caesar as well as comedies like Twelfth Night and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Shakespeare acted at Burbage's Theater until building his own Globe Theater in London, which burned down in 1613 but was rebuilt the following year. He died in 1616 at the age of 52 in his hometown of Stratford-Upon-Avon.

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    William Shakespeare

    Shakespeare’s Life

    • Shakespeare was born in Stratford-Upon-Avon on


    April 23 1564
    • He was the 3rd of 8 children
    • He studied Literature, Latin, and Grammar in
    school
    • Shakespeare got married at 18 ( His wife Anne
    Hathaway was 26!)
    • He had 3 children: Susanna, and the twins Judith
    and Hamnet
    • His son Hamnet died at 11 years old
    Most Famous Plays
    • Hamlet (Tragedy)

    • Othello ( Tragedy)

    • Romeo & Juliet (Tragedy)

    • Julius Caesar (Tragedy)

    • Twelfth Night ( Comedy)

    • A Midsummer Night’s Sleep (Comedy)


    The Globe Theater
    • Shakespeare used to act
    at Burbage’s Theater
    until he built his own
    theater
    • A white flag meant
    there was a play that
    day
    • The poor watched from
    The Pit while the
    wealthy watched from
    the higher decks
    The Globe Theater

    • The original theater was burned down in


    1613

    • It was rebuilt in 1614, it closed in 1642 and


    was demolished in 1644

    • A modern version was opened in 1997. It is


    called ”Shakespeare’s Globe Theater”
    Shakespeare’s Last Years

    • Shakespeare died on his 52nd birthday


    in Avon-Upon-Stratford

    • The cause of his death is unknown


    however some scholars believe he
    was ill for around a month before his
    death.

    • William Shakespeare was buried in


    The Holy Trinity Church

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