My Shakespeare bio

Shakespeare research

- He had 4 sisters (only one surviving childhood) and 3 brothers.
- He was the oldest brother out of his siblings.
- Wrote 39 plays and 154 sonnets.
- A lot of his plays come from Roman history/tales of ovids/plays of Terrence and Plautus.
- The above stimuli were all taught in his classroom.
- He had three children, 1 boy and 2 girls.
- Shakespeare died as an incredibly wealthy man.
- He was one of the Lord Chamberlains men.
- The Lord Chamberlains men were later renamed The Kings Men.
- His company performed at court more than any other company.
- His plays are divided into three themes- Comedies, Tragedies and Histories.
- He invested in the Globe Theater.

1564- 23rd April, born in Stratford upon Avon
1582- At 18 he married Anne Hathaway (26)
1593- Plague broke out and theaters closed, turned to poetry
1594- Became a member of The Lord Chamberlains men
1611- Retired to Stratford
1616- 23rd April, he died age 52 (his birthday)
1623- His wife Anne died
1623- John Heminge and Henry Condell had his plays published in a book "The First Folio" for £1