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born and died
born: 1564, baptized april 26th, died: april 23rd, 1616
parents name and occupation
mom:mary(daughter of wealthy landowner), dad: john(glovemaker and local politician.:
education
proably attended kings new school in straford. educated in rhetroic, logic, history, latin. Dropped out middle school because dad lost fortinte.
married
1582 to anne hathaway, she was preganant with first daughter susana, had twins in 1585 named hamnet and judith, hamnith died form the plauge at age 11.
lost years
some time between 1583-1592 he moved to london and began working in theatre. 1583-1592 are known as the lost year, no one knoes where he was or what he was doing.
theatre career,
memeber and later prat time owner of chamlerlain’s men, later called kings men, globe theatre build in, 1599 with shakespeare as primary investor, burned down in 1613 during one of his plays
plays
38 plays, 14 comedies, 10 histories, 10 tradegies, 4 romances, possibly wrote three more, collaborated on several others
poetry
two major poems, venus and adonis, rape of lucreece, 154 sonnets, numerous other poems,
death
noone knows why, think because of wine and pickled herrings, in will left money to horses, stables, etc, two son in law’s, only left wife his second best bed. burried in holy trinity church, in straford, grave is covred by a flat stone that bears a curse of not moving bones or selse curse
language
not write in old english, this was beowulf, not write in middle english, language of chaucer, gawain poet, malory, wrote in early modern english, not very differetnf from our english, some holdovers,
coined many terms,
critical, majestic, assasinatino, , green eyed monster, break the ice, vanish into thin air,