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William Shakespeare
An Introduction
Translate the following clichés.
All that glitters is not gold
Dead as a doornail
Love is blind
A sorry sight
Tower of Strength
A laughing stock
Flesh and blood
Forever and a day
In my mind’s eye
Eaten out of house and
Fair play
Mum’s the word
Vanish into thin air
home
Not slept a wink
Send you packing
Wear your heart upon your
sleeve
Yes! They all come from The Bard
His language
still affects how
we speak!
That’s why we
study him!
Early Life
Born in Stratford-Upon-
Avon, England on April 23,
1564
Son of Mary and John
Shakespeare
John Shakespeare was a glovemaker and an alderman of the
town, but lost his position
and money due to illegal
sheep trafficking.
That’s his home on the right!
School Life
He attended King’s New
School, which was highly
respected.
There he put on Christian
plays and memorized the
works of the Greeks.
He was introduced to
acting when a traveling
troupe came to perform.
A Player?
At 18, he married Anne
Hathaway, who was 26.
(Rumor is that she was
pregnant)
They moved into Anne’s
home with her family and
proceeded to procreate.
They had 3 children that
survived after infancy:
Hamnet, Judith, and
Susanna
The Lost Years: A Deadbeat?
Will soon left Anne and the
kids behind to live with her
family—supposedly to
make some cash.
We think he was a teacher,
but there is speculation that
he traded in illegal wool.
A Move to the City
We do know that he soon
moved to London where he
joined the Lord
Chamberlain’s Men, an
acting troupe
He also met James Burbage
in London—an important
friendship was struck!
The Globe Theatre
James Burbage was the
owner of a theatre where
Lord Chamberlain’s Men
performed. It was simply
named “The Theatre”
Unfortunately, he owed his
landlord money and was
threatened with
foreclosure.
The Globe
Instead of paying back rent,
Burbage, his son, and a few
cronies went late at night
and moved “The Theatre”
across the Thames River.
It was renamed “The
Globe”
The Globe
This theatre can hold 3000
people---just not
comfortably.
Think of plays as the
superbowl—they were one
of the only forms of
entertainment.
The Globe was an open-air
theatre that opened for
people of all classes.
The Layout
Shakespeare’s Later Life
Shakespeare wrote and
acted throughout his life,
never returning to his wife
at Stratford-Upon-Avon.
Four years after his
retirement, he died of a
fever on April 23, 1616.
He is buried under the
floor of the Trinity Church
in Stratford-Upon-Avon
His Legacy
On his tomb is a curse to
anyone who dares to move
his bones, which is perhaps
why he has never been
relocated to St. Paul’s
Cathedral in London