A Brief Biography
William Shakespeare was born to John Shakespeare and mother Mary Arden some time in late April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. There is no record of his birth, but his baptism was recorded by the church, thus his birthday is assumed to be the 23 of April. His father was a prominent and prosperous alderman in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon, and was later granted a coat of arms by the College of Heralds. All that is known of Shakespeare's youth is that he presumably attended the Stratford Grammar School, and did not proceed to Oxford or Cambridge. The next record we have of him is his marriage to Anne Hathaway in 1582. The next year she bore a daughter for him, Susanna, followed by the twins Judith and Hamnet two years later.
Seven years later Shakespeare is recognized as an actor, poet and playwright, when a rival playwright, Robert Greene, refers to him as "an upstart crow" in A Groatsworth of Wit. A few years later he joined up with one of the most successful acting troupe's in London: The Lord Chamberlain's Men. When, in 1599, the troupe lost the lease of the theatre where they performed, (appropriately called The Theatre) they were wealthy enough to build their own theatre across the Thames, south of London, which they called "The Globe." The new theatre opened in July of 1599, built from the timbers of The Theatre, with the motto "Totus mundus agit histrionem" (A whole world of players) When James I came to the throne (1603) the troupe was designated by the new king as the King's Men (or King's Company). The Letters Patent of the company specifically charged Shakespeare and eight others "freely to use and exercise the art and faculty of playing Comedies, Tragedies, Histories, Inerludes, Morals, Pastorals, stage plays ... as well for recreation of our loving subjects as for our solace and pleasure."
Shakespeare entertained the king and the people for another ten years until June 19, 1613, when a canon fired from the roof of the theatre for a gala performance of Henry VIII set fire to the thatch roof and burned the theatre to the ground. The audience ignored the smoke from the roof at first, being to absorbed in the play, until the flames caught the walls and the fabric of the curtains. Amazingly there were no casualties, and the next spring the company had the theatre "new builded in a far fairer manner than before." Although Shakespeare invested in the rebuilding, he retired from the stage to the Great House of New Place in Statford that he had purchased in 1597, and some considerable land holdings ,where he continued to write until his death in 1616 on the day of his 52nd birthday.
History themed Plays
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King Henry IV Part 1 - play by William Shakespeare
King Henry IV Part 2 - a Shakespearean play
King Henry V - play by William Shakespeare
King Henry VI Part 1 - play by William Shakespeare
King Henry VI Part 2 - a Shakespearean play
King Henry VI Part 3 - a Shakespearean play
King Henry VIII - play by William Shakespeare
King John - play by William Shakespeare
Richard II - play by William Shakespeare
Richard III - play by William Shakespeare
Tragedy themed Plays
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Antony and Cleopatra - play by William Shakespeare
Coriolanus - a Shakespearean play
Hamlet - play by William Shakespeare
Julius Caesar - play by William Shakespeare
King Lear - play by William Shakespeare
Macbeth - play by William Shakespeare
Othello - play by William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet - play by William Shakespeare
Timon of Athens - a Shakespearean play
Titus Andronicus - a Shakespearean play
Comedy themed Plays
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Alls Well That Ends Well - play by William Shakespeare
As You Like It - play by William Shakespeare
Comedy of Errors - play by William Shakespeare
Cymbeline - a Shakespearean play
Love's Labour's Lost - a Shakespearean play
Measure for Measure - play by William Shakespeare
Merchant of Venice - play by William Shakespeare
Merry Wives of Windsor - play by William Shakespeare
Midsummer Nights Dream - play by William Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing - play by William Shakespeare
Pericles, Prince of Tyre - a Shakespearean play
Taming of the Shrew - play by William Shakespeare
The Tempest - play by William Shakespeare
Troilus and Cressida - a Shakespearean play
Twelfth Night - play by William Shakespeare
Two Gentlemen of Verona - a Shakespearean play
Winter's Tale - a Shakespearean play
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