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THE LIFE OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
(1564 - 1616)
William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in the town of Stratford,
about 150 kilometres from London. His family was quite well off and
William was well educated at the local Grammar School.
At the age of 18 he married Anne Hathaway, and by the time he
was 20, he was the father of 3 children.
We know little of the next few years they are often called, the
lost years, but certainly by the time he reached 26, Shakespeare had
joined a company of actors in London and was writing his first plays.
He became a shareholder in a group of actors called " The Lord
Chamberlain's men", and this company later gained the patronage of
King James I and became The King's Men."
He enjoyed the life of an actor and playwright in London but he
never lost his ties with Stratford, his home town. Shakespeare became
a wealthy man from his plays, and in his later years he bought a very
large house in Stratford, where he eventually retired."
In his 52 years, this remarkable man crammed many achievements.
He wrote 37 of the most famous and popular plays ever written in the
English language, as well as a wealth of poetry. All this in addition
to his profession as an actor."
Shakespeare died in Stratford in 1616.