Stratford-upon-Avon

Very few records were kept from his childhood and what were documented Are very vague in details. Because he came from a relatively well-off merchant family, he did not lack in resources or quality schooling. Scholars have surmised that Shakespeare most likely attended the King's New School in Stratford ( “William Shakespeare Biography”). King’s New School Focus on grammar, including the memorization, writing and acting of Latin plays. Many people believe this is when William Shakespeare “fell in love” with writing and performing. He was said to have attended the school until he was 15 years old and shortly after, he took up an apprenticeship with his father and learned the merchant…

William Shakespeare is considered as one of the greatest writer in the world, that once lived. He wrote so many plays and sonnets and to be more exact, it was 37 plays and 154 sonnets. William Shakespeare did not only write plays, he also acted them out, he was an actor and performed at the Global Theater. He was born in April 23, 1564 at Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom and died at April 23, 1616 at the same place he was born. He had three nicknames, Bard of Avon, Swan of Avon and The Bard.…

to a controversial argument in the realms of arts and literature that someone else other than William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon composed the numerous works accredited to him as shown in most books of history. Anti-Stratfordian theorists allege that the original author of the works used Shakespeare as a pen name thereby shielding his or her identity (Shapiro 56). Such dissenting viewpoints arise from theorists who have sighted numerous reasons some that point to William Shakespeare.…

William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom, on the approximate date of April 23, 1564, three days before the first known record of him, his baptismal record. He was the third of eight children born to a tradesman and glovemaker, John Shakespeare, and Mary Arden, his mother (The Life). William ended up being John and Mary’s oldest child to survive. Having three younger brothers, William grew up as the “big brother” of the family. John, being a leading citizen of…

William Shakespeare William Shakespeare is one of the most influential figures in the English language and all forms of art. His craft can still be seen throughout all forms of television, movies, books, video games, and plays - of course. Shakespeare was able to almost handcraft an entire language and world through his plays. A very large percentage of our modern language derives from words and phrases that Shakespeare himself created. William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon,…

Shakespeare's Rough Draft At Stratford-upon-Avon in April,1564 a little child was born and he was to be forever remembered as “Shakespeare the world's greatest playwright.” He began going to school for free at Stratford in 1571, six years later his father took him out of school and made him a local butcher’s apprentice. Shakespeare fell in love with a girl named Anne Hathaway a few years later and married her in 1582, they had their first child in 1583 and her name was Susanna. Two years…

Shakespeare authorship question For a long time, Shakespeare was considered as the most talented writer in the Elizabethan age. Although, there were many great dramatics such as Marlowe, Spenser and Webster but Shakespeare was the greatest. In the middle of the nineteenth century the theory of the adulation of Shakespeare as the greatest writer of all time had become widespread. The Shakespeare authorship question is the argument that someone other than William Shakespeare of…

Known throughout the world for his wonderful works, William Shakespeare was a playwright, actor, and poet, he is also known as one of England’s most famous poets. He was born on April 26, 1564 and died on April 23, 1616. He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, and today is recognized by almost all people. For the past four hundred years, his works have been performed all over the world. He wrote a total of 37 plays and 157 different sonnets that are categorized as histories, tragedies,…

William Shakespeare was known to have no birth records. But he was baptized on April 26th, 1564, which makes scholars think he was born near or on April 23rd, 1564. Most scholars think he was born on that date so thats what they refer to when he was born. William Shakespeare was about 5’9 and around one hundred and fifty pounds according to scholars. He was right handed. He had long curly hair and a trimmed beard. He had green eyes, and he was white. William Shakespeare's home town was about…

question of the authorship of Shakespeare’s works. Was he desperate enough to take credit for someone else’s work? Many different people including authors such as Mark Twain have doubted his authorship since his death. There are many factors of Shakespeare’s life can prove or disprove his authorship. Shakespeare was not the real author because of his background, varying signatures, amount of work he accomplished, and his lack of acclamation towards his work. William Shakespeare was born in the…