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William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)England s geniusCompact Performer -Culture & Literature Marina Spiazzi, Marina Tavella,Margaret Layton 20151. Shakespeare s life: he was born in Stratford-Upon-Avon, on 23rdApril 1564;hisfatherwasa glove-maker, and hismothercamefroma wealthycountryfamily. Hisfatherwasa successfultradesman, buthada s house at Stratford-upon-AvonShakespeare was educated at the local grammar school,from the age of 7 to studied the hemarriedAnne Hathaway, eightyearsolderthanhim, whobelongedtoa countryfamily, and theyhad3 , just outsideStratford: William Shakespeare In 1584 he went to London; he was actorand playwright. Between1592 and 1594 theatreswereclosedbecauseof the plague. In thisperiodhe wrotesonnets; hispatron wasthe Earl of Southampton. He became a shareholderand the main playwright ofthe most successful company of actors in London, the Lord Chamberlain s Men,whichlaterbecame The King s Men His company built the Globe Theatre.
William Shakespeare Shakespeare’s history plays 1. based on serious records like the Tudors’ chronicles, and the civil wars between the Houses of York and Lancaster; 2. gave a portrait of the nation as a whole; 3. were part of a process by which people came to see themselves as belonging to ‘England’ rather than to
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