WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE was an english dramatist, poet and actor. His works are regarded as one of the greatest pieces of art in English Literature.

 Shakespeare maintains the highest position in the world of literature. He is even known as England's National Poet.

PERSONAL LIFE 

According to an old church record, Shakespeare was born in April 1564 at Stratford-Upon-Avon, United Kingdom.

He died in April 1616 at Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom.
William Shakespeare was the third child to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden. His father worked as a glover and leather worker by trade.
Shakespeare was  married to Anne Hathaway in 1582 when he was just 18 and Hathaway was 26 years old.
Anne Hathaway was from a small village called Shottery which was a mile west of Stratford-upon-Avon.

WORKS

Shakespeare produced his works in a variety of forms.

COMEDY 

All's Well That Ends Well (1741)

The Comedy Of Errors (1594)

TRAGEDY

 Antony and Cleopatra (1607)

Macbeth (1606)

HISTORY

Richard I (1595)

Richard II (1593)

ROMANCE

The Tempest (1610)

Pericles

POEMS

Venus and Adonis (1593)

The Phoenix and the Turtle (1601)

FACTS

1- Among Shakespeare's earliest recorded works is the play RICHARD III which was believed to be written around 1593.

2- Little is known about Shakespeare's education.

QUOTES 

All that glitters is not gold.

These violent delights have violent ends.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

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