William Shakespeare
William
Shakespeare was born on 26th April 1564, in Stratford. He was widely
regarded as English poet, playwright and actor. He still remains the
noble writer in the English language and best writer of tragedies. He is
often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His
contributions to literature are in the form of plays, sonnets, short
poems, long narrative poems, tragedy verses and much more. His plays
have been translated into every major living language and are performed
more often than those of any other playwright.
Childhood
William
Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avong. He was the son of John
Shakespeare, an alderman and a successful glover, and Mary Arden.
Education
Most
biographers believe that Shakespeare was probably educated at the
King's New School, in 1553, a free school; although no attendance
records for the period survive. During Elizabeth era, grammar schools
varied in quality but had similar school curricula.
Career
No
records suggest exactly when he started writing, but historians connect
most of his work written at London Stage, in 1592, for plays and
performances. In 1599, he helped establishing a theater on the south
bank of River Thames named “Globe”. Most of his early plays and poems
were performed here.
‘Richard
III’ and the three parts of ‘Henry VI’ are the first recorded works of
Shakespeare written in the early 1590s. This period saw two of his
greatest works ‘Romeo and Juliet’, the famous romantic tragedy and
‘Julius Caesar’. In the early 17th Century, he again came into limelight
for a number of tragedies among which ‘Hamlet’ is still discussed more
than any other work of Shakespeare. ‘Othello’, ‘King Lear’ and ‘Macbeth’
were other noted work of his that depicts the depth of tragedy writing.
At the End
William
Shakespeare died on 23 April 1616, he was buried in the chancel of the
Holy Trinity Church two days after his death. During 1623, a funerary
monument was erected in his memory on the north wall, with a half-effigy
of him in the act of writing.
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