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Did You Know? • No one knows the actual birthday of Shakespeare! April 23rd has been generally used - the same day as St. George's Day, the Patron Saint of England
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William Shakespeare
The English writer and poet William Shakespeare is considered by many to be the greatest playwright of all time. While most people are familiar with the name of William Shakespeare, no one knows when he was born. Experts know that he was baptized on April 26, 1564, and believe that he was 3 days old at the time. This is why the April 23 date has been adopted as his officially recognized birthday. This date also is the day he died on, 52 years later in 1616. When Shakespeare left his home in Stratford-upon-Avon for London, it is rumored he had to leave because he was caught poaching (hunting illegally). Shakespeare married at 18 and wrote his first known play when he was 25 years old. He was a very well known actor as well as a playwright, performing in his own and other people’s plays. Shakespeare worked with a company of actors called the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, for whom he wrote his plays and performed with. William Shakespeare’s writings
have been translated into more languages than those of any other author. There are more than 80 different translations of his plays and poems being performed and read by people all over the world. Shakespeare used 17,677 different words to write his plays and poems, including 1,700 that he created himself (The word “assassination” was invented by Shakespeare). Most
• We do not really know what Shakespeare looked like! No portraits were painted of Shakespeare whilst he was still alive! • The majority of the plays of William Shakespeare were only published seven years after his death in a collection of works called the First Folio! • William Shakespeare's three children, Judith, Susanna and Hamnet were all illiterate! • Many of William Shakespeare life facts are unknown - these years are referred to as the 'Lost Years' • William Shakespeare and his company built TWO Globe Theatres!
people use only 2,000 to 2,500 words when speaking and writing, but Shakespeare was able to use seven times this number. Shakespeare is credited with 39 plays, including “Hamlet,” “Macbeth,” “Romeo and Juliet,” and “Julius Caesar.” His plays are usually divided into three types: comedies (which have a happy ending), histories (which are based on real events) and tragedies (which have an unhappy ending). There is still much debate about which poems and plays were written by William Shakespeare, as he often collaborated with other writers to create plays, which was common at that time. “Cardenio” is the name of a play that was written by Shakespeare, and performed while he was alive, but there is no copy of this play surviving today. Many people have tried to find out what the play was about, but the mystery of this lost work may never be solved. If you can find a copy, keep hold of it — it will be worth a lot of money!
Art Students Participate in Carving Exercise
Teams and individuals from Riverside Adult Services Department, RT Industries, Lincoln Community Center and Loma Country Day all participated in the 2012 “Catch the Glow” at the Troy-Hayner Cultural Center event on Oct. 13 with skillfully carved glowing pumpkin designs from more than 100 entries. Area artist Karen Purke worked with many of the event participants in art classes in those locations county-wide as a way to promote the following skill sets of team building, manual dexterity, creative design, painting, drawing and sculptural carving techniques. Additional entries were submitted by area nonprofits, businesses, families, adults and the juniors, 7-17 year olds.
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