The Mysteries of Shakespeare
William Shakespeare once wrote, “All the world ‘s a stage, and all the men and women merely players,” (As You Like It). Or did he? In this line, William Shakespeare compares this world to a stage, and he states that all men and women are only actors and actresses on the stage of this world. With so little known about the real William Shakespeare, the respected English poet, playwright, and actor, doubters started questioning the true identity of the writer behind the beautifully woven masterpieces. In fact, it might just be the case that he was just playing all the men and women all-along in this world he calls a “stage”. Also, there are various alternative authorship theories with the belief that Shakespeare of …show more content…
It is “known” that William Shakespeare was born into a family of some prominence in Stratford-on-Avon in April 1564. It is said that his father, John Shakespeare, was a glover and merchant of leather goods, who earned enough to marry the daughter of his father’s landlord, Mary Arden, in 1557. When Shakespeare was young, it is believed that he presumably attended the Stratford grammar school, where he would have received an education in Latin, but he did not go on to either Oxford or Cambridge Universities. Little is recorded about Shakespeare’s early life; indeed, the first record of his life after his christening is of his marriage to Anne Hathaway in 1582 in the church at Temple Grafton, near Stratford. Little is also known about William and Anne Shakespeare’s marriage. Their first child, Susanna, was born in May 1583, and twins, Hamnet and Judith, in 1585. Susana married Dr. John Hall, but the younger daughter, Judith, remained unmarried. Hamnet died in Stratford in 1596 when he was only eleven years …show more content…
Apparently, he was also well-known as a playwright, for reference is made of him by his contemporary, Robert Greene, in A Groatsworth of Wit, as “an upstart crow.” As Shakespeare played a vital role, financially and otherwise, in the construction of the Globe theatre, which was finally occupied some time before May 16, 1599, Shakespeare not only acted with the Globe’s company of actors; he was also a shareholder and eventually became the troupe’s most important playwright. The company included London’s most famous actors, who inspired the creation of some of Shakespeare’s best-known characters, such as Hamlet and Lear, as well as his clowns and fools. In his early years, he also composed some mythological-erotic poetry, such as Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece, both of which were dedicated to the earl of Southampton. Shakespeare was successful enough that in 1597 he was able to purchase his own home in Stratford, which he called New
William Shakespeare once wrote, “All the world ‘s a stage, and all the men and women merely players,” (As You Like It). Or did he? In this line, William Shakespeare compares this world to a stage, and he states that all men and women are only actors and actresses on the stage of this world. With so little known about the real William Shakespeare, the respected English poet, playwright, and actor, doubters started questioning the true identity of the writer behind the beautifully woven masterpieces. In fact, it might just be the case that he was just playing all the men and women all-along in this world he calls a “stage”. Also, there are various alternative authorship theories with the belief that Shakespeare of …show more content…
It is “known” that William Shakespeare was born into a family of some prominence in Stratford-on-Avon in April 1564. It is said that his father, John Shakespeare, was a glover and merchant of leather goods, who earned enough to marry the daughter of his father’s landlord, Mary Arden, in 1557. When Shakespeare was young, it is believed that he presumably attended the Stratford grammar school, where he would have received an education in Latin, but he did not go on to either Oxford or Cambridge Universities. Little is recorded about Shakespeare’s early life; indeed, the first record of his life after his christening is of his marriage to Anne Hathaway in 1582 in the church at Temple Grafton, near Stratford. Little is also known about William and Anne Shakespeare’s marriage. Their first child, Susanna, was born in May 1583, and twins, Hamnet and Judith, in 1585. Susana married Dr. John Hall, but the younger daughter, Judith, remained unmarried. Hamnet died in Stratford in 1596 when he was only eleven years …show more content…
Apparently, he was also well-known as a playwright, for reference is made of him by his contemporary, Robert Greene, in A Groatsworth of Wit, as “an upstart crow.” As Shakespeare played a vital role, financially and otherwise, in the construction of the Globe theatre, which was finally occupied some time before May 16, 1599, Shakespeare not only acted with the Globe’s company of actors; he was also a shareholder and eventually became the troupe’s most important playwright. The company included London’s most famous actors, who inspired the creation of some of Shakespeare’s best-known characters, such as Hamlet and Lear, as well as his clowns and fools. In his early years, he also composed some mythological-erotic poetry, such as Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece, both of which were dedicated to the earl of Southampton. Shakespeare was successful enough that in 1597 he was able to purchase his own home in Stratford, which he called New