William Shakespeare His life.

William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England in 1564. Nobody is exactly sure what date he was born but he was baptised on 26th April. In 1582, at age 18, he married Anne Hathaway and they went on to have three children, Hamnet Shakespeare, Susanna Hall and Judith Quiney. Shakespeare wrote 37 plays (though some experts think that it may have been more) which were either about history, comedies or tragedies. Some of his plays.

• Hamlet • Macbeth • Romeo and Juliet • King Lear • Othello • The tempest • Julius Caesar • Twelfth night Wealth

In his early years in London, Shakespeare did well. Between 1597 and 1605, he invested £900 in a series of increasingly ambitious purchases of real estate. To put in perspective, a good-sized house in Stratford could change hands for £30 and a Stratford headmaster’s annual salary was £20. Shakespeare had done so well, that when he was only thirty-three he became wealthy enough to buy the second biggest house in Stratford. His death

It isn’t known how Shakespeare died but there is a theory that he died after contracting a fever following a drinking binge with fellow playwrights, Ben Jonson and Michael Drayton. Childhood

Very little is known about William Shakespeare's childhood. He was born in the English city of Stratford-upon-Avon about 100 miles northwest of London in 1564. William's father was a successful leather merchant who once held the public position of alderman. He was the third of six children including two older sisters and three younger brothers. Growing up in Stratford-upon-Avon William lived in a house with his big family on Henley Street. He went to the local grammar school where he learned about poetry, history, Greek, and Latin. Fun facts

• He got married at the age of 18 to Anne Hathaway who was almost eight years older to him. • It is believed that he never attended any college and also his family members were also illiterate. • During the period of 1592 – 1594 there was an outbreak of plague so all the shows were cancelled as it was believed that disease will spread rapidly in crowded place. • He wrote his first play at the age of 25 years old but he began his career working as an actor. • From the time when he moved to London till the year 1592 there is almost no information about his whereabouts so it is often termed as “the lost years”