The most famous writer of the time, William Shakespeare, born of John and Mary Shakespeare. Lived in Henley Street, Stratford. By the time of King John, Stratford had grown into a market town with
merchants and tradesmen. Before it was just a settlement on the banks of the Avon River. Shakespeare's parents came from local farming families. There
were eight children in the family: four girls and four boys. Three of them
died young. William was the third child, he was free and open-hearted. He
attended a local Grammar School where the priest of the church was also
the schoolmaster. William studied there for six years, mainly learning Latin.
He was still a boy when he began to set and produce plays. It was his favorite thing to do. Shakespeare may have been influenced by the countryside
around Stratford.
His works are spread with the images of birds, flowers and animals.
Shakespeare married a woman named Anne Hathaway on November 28, 1582. He was 18 and she was 26 at the time. Shakespeare gave her a ring and a poem. They had three children, and William had begun to work as an assistant at Stratford Grammar School. Soon his life in his town became intolerable for him, and he decided to travel to London. London was where his career as a writer really began. He wrote 37 plays between 1590 and 1613. Some plays that he wrote included: King Henry VI, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Julius Caesar, Romeo and Juliet, and Hamlet.
His plays reflect the ideas of individualism and the unconquerable human spirit, and most of them are still performed today. He brought together many people with his elegant works and they center human values, capacities, and worth.
Shakespeare married a woman named Anne Hathaway on November 28, 1582. He was 18 and she was 26 at the time. Shakespeare gave her a ring and a poem. They had three children, and William had begun to work as an assistant at Stratford Grammar School. Soon his life in his town became intolerable for him, and he decided to travel to London. London was where his career as a writer really began. He wrote 37 plays between 1590 and 1613. Some plays that he wrote included: King Henry VI, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Julius Caesar, Romeo and Juliet, and Hamlet.
His plays reflect the ideas of individualism and the unconquerable human spirit, and most of them are still performed today. He brought together many people with his elegant works and they center human values, capacities, and worth.