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W0 R K S

At the age.of 18, William was

the name of Anne


Hathaway, who was 26 at the time. After
getting married, William began a
successful career in London as an actor,
writer and owned a couple of businesses
alongside.
There is no record evidence of

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this, but it is said that William went to,


"Stratford Grammar School," and studied
literature through classical Latin authors.

As you may assume, William was


very rich because of his occupation, which
as were all aware of, he was one of
histories, best English writers.

At the age of thirteen, it is said


that he discontinued his education, so he
could help his father financially.

From many sources, it is said that


William had both feminine and masculine
traits. Also, he had a very magnetic
personality that attracted many critics, like
Robert Greene, who was one of William's
very first critics that found him.

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William lived until he was 52.


One of Shakespeare's relatives,
on his mother's side, William
Arden, was arrested for plotting
against Queen Elizabeth!
When Shakespeare died he was
buried in the Holy Trinity
Church.
William invented the word
"assassination."
William lived through the "Black
Death, which killed over 33,000
people and just happened to miss

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In Total William has written


around 38 plays and 158 sonnets.

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'<some are bom 0reat, some achfa/e 0reamess,


o.v-vd some have 0reamess thm st i*po>vtliem.'

William's family consisted of


eight children and he was the third
oldest. His father was a glove maker

Some of his most popular productions

and, his mother was the daughter of a

include: "Romeo and Juliet,"

wealthy landowner.

"Hamlet," and "Macbeth." These


plays are still even known and loved
today.

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He has three children, Susanna


Hall, Hamnet Shakespeare and Judith
Quiney. In addition, only six months

During the starting of his

after getting married, he had his first

career, he mainly did comedies or

child, who was their only daughter,

historical based plays, but his style

Susanna.

'it ts vwt vaj the stars to hold oi/.r destu/vw but i*v
ourselves.'

changed as trends did, making his


writing and productions vary in

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subject. In addition, when the closure


of the theatres took place in around
1593, William had to turn to poetry.
He came up with
two successful
pieces, "Venus and
Adonis," and "The
Rape of Lucrece."
William's

Even though we didn't have any real


evidence of what he looked like except for
pictures or paintings found of William. It is
said that had a moustache,/beard, and wasn't
the slimiest,
he wore
what every
man wore,
so you could

popular and

say he was
trendy.

major understood languages.


Also, his works got so loved
and admired, during his acting career,

'Thg^e is yvothii/10 either good or bad butt


thiuvkm0 m akes it so.'

middle class

plays were so
famous that they were translated to all

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After observering a few of his pictures, it also


looks like he has his left ear pierced. Usually,
William's style changed, as styles grew
popular and outdated, this also applied

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'A foot th in k s him self to be wise, butt a wise


ma*v fellows him self to be a foot.'

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