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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 1564-1616 Not of an age, but for all time Shakespeare is England’s most celebrated dramatist and poet. His works have been translated into 80 languages, including Star Trek’s Klingon. He helped shape the English we use today, introducing up to 300 words and dozens of well-known phrases. Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564 before moving to London to become an actor at age 21. Shakespeare wrote different genres of plays throughout his career, starting out mainly with comedies and histories before moving on to tragedies as he grew older. In 1599, along with some fellow actors, Shakespeare built a theatre on the South Bank of the River Thames which he named ‘The Globe’. It was here that many of his plays were performed. Today, visitors to London can still watch Shakespeare plays at the restored Globe Theatre. William Shakespeare was a very well-known character in Tudor England. It is thought that Elizabeth I was a fan of his plays. Fun fact: William Shakespeare was the only member of his family that could read or write! “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances: and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.” William Shakespeare
Read the biography on Shakespeare below and try to complete the missing information. Then, visit :http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/people/william_shakespeare to find the correct information and complete the short biography. Shakespeare was born in ________ ________ ________ in Warwickshire. His father was a ________merchant and ________ maker. It is believed he schooled locally at ________ _________ ________ Grammar School. At 18, he celebrated his marriage to ________ ________. They married in ________ and, in total, had ________ children together. Firstly, ________ and, then, ________ Hamnet and Judith. Sadly, Hamnet died at the age of ________. As well as being a playwright, Shakespeare was also an ________ and was one of the managing partners in Lord Chamberlain’s Theatre Company, later renamed the King’s Company. Shakespeare wrote his first poems, ________ ________ ________ and The Rape of Lucrece between ________and ________. As a playwright, Shakespeare was ________ and, from 1594 to 1611, he wrote about ________ plays per ________. Most of his early plays were ________ and ________. Due to his increased success, in ________ Shakespeare was able to move upmarket to Silver Street. It was here he wrote King Lear, Macbeth, Othello and his classic play ________. The final years of his life were spent in ________ ________ in Stratford. He died aged ________ on 23rd April 1616. He famously left his ________ ________ bed to his wife, Anne Hathaway. The reason for this is unknown.
The epitaph engraved into the stone: Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear To dig the dust enclosed here. Blessed be the man that spares these stones, And cursed be he that moves my bones.
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CHOOSE A WELL-KNOWN SHAKESPEARE PLAY AND WRITE ABOUT IT: TYPE OF PLAY ( Tragedy, comedy...), CHARACTERS AND STORY.
CHOOSE A WELL-KNOWN SHAKESPEARE CHARACTER AND DESCRIBE HIM / HER. WRITE THE PLAY WHERE HE /SHE APPEARS. DRAW A PICTURE.