Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was born in Stratford- upon- Avon in 1564. And he died in 1616. His parents were called John Shakespeare and Mary Arden. Shakespeare's parents had eight children: Joan, Margaret, William, Gilbert, Joan, Anne, Richard and Edmund. the 18 year old Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway who was 26.Their first son was a girl, Susanna.The came their twin children, a son,Hamnet, and a daughter, Judith. By late 1594, Shakespeare was an actor, writer and part-owner of a playing company, known as the Lord Chamberlain's Men — like others of the period, the company took its name from its aristocratic sponsor, in this case the Lord Chamberlain. The group became popular enough that after the death of Elizabeth I and the coronation of James I (1603), the new monarch adopted the company and it became known as the King's Men. Shakespeare's writing shows him to indeed be an actor, with many phrases, words, and references to acting, but there isn't an academic approach to the art of theatre that might be expected.