Shakespeare was born on the 26th of April 1564, in strapford -upon- Avon. he had 7 brothers and sisters, his parents names were John and Mary Arden. in November 1582 i married Anne Hathaway and had 3 children after. For most of his life he lived in stratford -upon- Avon. Shakespeare wrote poems, plays and sonnets. He wrote 38-41 plays, most of them were about either history, comedy, tragedy, romance or problem plays. Shakespeare had his own language really. when he wrote his plays he used old english. Back then that is how people spoke, they used words like 'tis and o'er. some of his most famouse lines from plays are :
"to be or not to be, that is the question!" (Hamlet)
"Oh romeo, oh romeo! wherefore out thou romeo?" (Romeo and Juliet)
"Et tu, brute?" (Julius Caesar)
in 1594 Shakespear joined Lord Chamberlins Men theatre company. latter it was named The Kings Men.
In Shakespeare's plays only men were aloiud to act. men even had to act out womens roles as women were not seen worthy to act.
thus concludes thou information on William Shakespeare!
Thursday, July 26, 2007
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This is a much better effort Hannah - you have taken the information from the worksheet and transferred it onto your blog clearly and concisely - well done!
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