Certainly, 13 facts and an opinion attached below
1. Birthdate unknown, although assumed to be April 23rd 1564 based on his christening date of April 26th
2. His parents were well-to-do. Father John was a glover and an alderman and his mother, Mary Arden, was the daughter of gentry
3. When he was 18, he married Anne Hathaway (who was 26) on November 28th 1582
4. They had three children, Susanna, Hamnet and Judith
5. Hamnet and Judith were twins
6. By 1592, Shakespeare had moved to London as a playwright
7. Of his plays, he wrote 17 comedies, 10 histories and 11 tragedies.
8. He also wrote 154 sonnets and 5 poems
9. There are two "lost" plays by Shakepseare : "Love's Labours Won" and "Cardenio"
10. Some scholars have questioned the identity of Shakespeare. Those that have been suggested as authors of his work are Edward de Vere (Earl of Oxford), Christopher Marlowe and Sir Francis bacon
11. There is some evidence that Shakespeare's family were actually Catholics (at a time when England was Protestant) and some scholars see references in his works that suggest to them that Shakespeare shared these sympathies
12. Some scholars have also suggested that Shakespeare was bisexual due to the fact that 126 of his sonnets were addressed to the "Fair Lord"
13. Shakespeare died April 23rd 1616 and was buried in the chancel of St. Mary's in Stratford-upon-Avon
14. He is the greatest writer the world has ever known
2006-11-10 21:31:29
·
answer #1
·
answered by the_lipsiot 7
·
1⤊
0⤋
William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April c4ca4238a0b92382dcc509a6f75849b564; died 23 April c4ca4238a0b92382dcc509a6f75849b6c4ca4238a0b92382dcc509a6f75849b6) replaced into an English poet and playwright, drastically acknowledged because the most suitable author contained in the English language and the international's pre-eminent dramatist.[a million] he's many times said as England's nationwide poet and the "Bard of Avon". His surviving works, consisting of a few collaborations, comprise about 38 performs, c4ca4238a0b92382dcc509a6f75849b54 sonnets, 2 lengthy narrative poems, and a number of of different poems. His performs were translated into each and every significant residing language and are finished extra many times than those of the different playwright.
2016-11-29 00:47:52
·
answer #2
·
answered by Anonymous
·
0⤊
0⤋
A little known fact about William.
When he talked he sounded like a 17th century pirate.
2006-11-10 21:22:03
·
answer #3
·
answered by foghat77 5
·
0⤊
0⤋
he was born in 1564 died 1616.lived because it was rich with stories,legends!
a lot of influence on his stories had the neighborhood where he grew,because it was rich with stories legends,myths!
he was educated on Stanford,where he studied Latin grammar and literature.
1582 he married Ann Hathaway and they had three children,Susana(1583)Hamnet and Judith(1585)
his parts:
romeo and Juliet,Macbeth,Henry4,5,,Hamlet,Richard2,,Julius Caesar,Cleopatra and Antony,midsummer nights dream,the merchant of Venice,king john,as you like it ,twelfth night,much ado about nothing,measure for measure,Merry
wife's of Windsor,Othello,king Lear,Coriolanus,Timon and Athens,Al's well that ends well,Henry8,two noble kins men..
2006-11-11 01:53:33
·
answer #4
·
answered by witch_dea 2
·
0⤊
0⤋