Origins
Shakespeare was living over 4000 years ago and for that reason a lot of the information we have on him is very limited. Things for example like the date of his actual birthdate we don’t know however we can estimate this as we know when he was baptised in Stratford On -Aven. Shakespeare grew up mostly around London and Stratford. As he grew up and started working as an actor and playwright he became very popular and known by others.
Relationships
In 1852 Shakespeare got married to Anne Hathaway who at the time was already pregnant with their child. 3 years later they had twins named Judith and Hammet. Soon the couple separated in which Shakespeare then went on to live in London whilst Hathaway and the children stayed living in Stratford.
As the couple only had two children very soon the family tree died out leaving Shakespeare with no descendants
More about him
- His family was well off and Shakespeare managed to have quite a good education,
in fact he was intelligent enough to become a tutor
- They also believe that Shakespeare could’ve spent some time working as a sailor.
- Shakespeare was not at all in the shadows of “unhidden talent” as he was growing up. There is evidence of his theatre company performing some of his plays to the Queen (Queen Elizabeth l)
- As Elizabeth died in 1603, James VI of Scotland then became James I of England. James himself was a big fan of theatre and so he continued to commission plays from Shakespeare.
- Shakespeare died on the 23 of April (St George’s Day)
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