1596) and Judith. By 1592 Shakespeare was established in London as an actor and a dramatist‚ and from 1594 he was an important member of the Lord Chamberlain’s Company of actors. In 1598 the Company tore down their regular playhouse‚ the Theatre‚ and used the timber to build the Globe Theatre in Southwark‚ London. Shakespeare became a ’sharer’ in the venture‚ which entitled him to a percentage of the profits. In 1603 the Company became the King’s Men. By this time Shakespeare was the leading playwright
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE William Shakespeare was baptised in 26 April‚ 1564 and died in 23 April‚ 1616. He was an English poet and playwright‚ widely known as the greatest writer in the English language. He is often called England’s national poet. His surviving works consist of about 38 plays‚ 154 sonnets‚ two long narrative poems‚ and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. Shakespeare was
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William Shakespeare ABOUT HIS LIFE William Shakespeare‚ by universal consent the greatest author of England‚ if not of the world‚ occupies chronologically a central position in the Elizabethan drama. He was born in 1564 in the good-sized village of Stratford-on-Avon in Warwickshire‚ near the middle of England‚ where the level but beautiful country furnished full external stimulus for a poet’s eye and heart. His father‚ John Shakespeare‚ who was a general dealer in agricultural products and other
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William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was born in the Hole Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire on April 23‚ 1564. He was the first son and third child of John Shakespeare‚ a leather tanner and a maker of gloves‚ and Mary Arden Shakespeare. William’s parents were married around 1558 and had a total of eight children‚ three of which died in childhood. William’s family had been living in the area of Warwickshire for many years and was respected. William’s father was at one
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William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was born in the English town of Stratford-on-Avon. He was a poet and a playwright. As a boy‚ William Shakespeare studied Latin and classical literature in grammar school. He never went to a university. By the way William Shakespeare’s plays were it showed he had good knowledge of subjects from history and politics to music and art. When he was 20 Shakespeare became an actor in London. There he learned about drama by writing and performing plays. Shakespeare
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Preface William Shakespeare was one of the greatest writers and dramatists of all time. He left us some of the greatest poems and dramas. Not only is he respected by the most educated people‚ but also by some youth. His quotes are very popular on social networks and in this time that does not happen often. I have chosen this topic because I wanted to know something more about him. In this report‚ I will describe his life‚ some of his plays‚ some of his poems‚ something about his family and mention
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Yes- I can learn from sources such as Shakespeare on how to work with other people and become a successful manager. Shakespeare was not only the master of literary‚ but also had a deep knowledge of humanity‚ authority and the conflict ‚struggle and fight occurred when people desire to get power and right. In his literary works‚ he explained more on the human conflict in detail. Take ‘Henry V’ for example‚ Shakespeare taught us how to encourage your tired and dispirited soldiers to beat off all
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1. What year was William Shakespeare born? * 1564 2. What date do we recognize as his birthday? * April 23rd 3. What was important about Stratford-upon-Avon in the 16th century? * Stratford-upon-Avon was an important agricultural center and market town. 4. Click on the link for “1594” and find the acting companies Shakespeare was associated with in the early days. Name three. * The Queen’s Men * Pembroke’s Men * Lord Strange’s Men 5. Click on
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therefore the audience is positioned to see the Venetians as upholding English Christian beliefs. Yet Shakespeare also challenges Elizabethan audience’s perception of ethnicity and race through the characterisation of Othello as being foreign in appearance but having status in the armed forces. Elizabethan audiences were strongly shaped by their socially determined roles and birth right. Shakespeare utilises his audience’s belief in “The Great Chain of Being” in his construction of Venetian society
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