The Chandos PortraitThe Cobbe Portrait Who was William Shakespeare?
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Transcript of The Chandos PortraitThe Cobbe Portrait Who was William Shakespeare?
William Shakespeare is probably the world’s most famous playwright
• He lived over 400 years ago … but visitors come to the UK from all over the world to see where he was born.
Does anyone recognise this town?
Shakespeare’s HomesI was born here My wife,
Anne Hathaway, lived here before
we married
This empty plot at New Place is all that’s left of my final home
in Stratford
Shakespeare’s Brothers and Sisters
Joan1558
Margaret1562
William1564
Gilbert1566
Joan1569
Anne1571
Richard1574
Edmund1580
Shakespeare’s Family
John Shakespeare Mary Arden Father (Glover) Mother
3 brothers and 4 sisters
Joan Margaret William Gilbert Joan Anne Richard EdmundBorn 1558 1562 1564 1566 1569 1571 1574 1580Died 1559 1563 1616 1612 1646 1579 1613 1607Aged <1yr <1yr 52yrs 46yrs 77yrs 8yrs 39yrs 27yrs
William and Anne’s Children
Susanna Hamnet Judith Born 1583 1585 1585 Died 1649 1596 1662 Aged 66yrs 11yrs 77yrs
Twins
Shakespeare at School
Shakespeare’s classroomat King Edward VI schoolStratford upon Avon. This classroom is stillin use today.
The School Day• 6.00am Morning prayers
– Recited in Latin or English
• 6.30am Morning Lessons– Young boys learn their ABC– Older boys learn Latin grammar– Oldest boys translate Latin into English
and English into Latin
• 8.00am Light Breakfast– Bread, cheese, apple, weak beer
• 9.00am Morning Lessons continue• 11.00am Boys go home for dinner
– Pottage (thick stew/soup) made with barley or oats, herbs and sometimes meat or fish
• 1.00pm Afternoon Lessons– More Latin grammar and translation– Work on Roman numerals– Testing of Catechism (religion)– Rhetoric (speaking)– Greek
• 5.00pm Prayers and Bible reading
Tudor Theatre
The first theatre opened when William was a boy – no one knew then how important theatre would be to his future, as both an actor and playwright.
Marriage
William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway in 1582. He was only 18 years old and she was 26.
Anne Hathaway’s Cottage
Anne Hathaway
Shakespeare in LondonShakespeare was known to have been working in London by 1592. He wrote a steady stream of plays and worked as a principal actor and manager with the Lord’s Chamberlain’s Men, an acting company. In 1599 he became a part owner of the Globe Theatre.
The Globe Theatre
For a penny you could stand to watch. For two pence you could sit on a wooden seat. For three pence you could hire a cushion. For sixpence you could sit in the Lord’s Gallery at the back of the stage.
A Wealthy Man
This garden is where New Place used to be.
By 1598, Shakespeare had become a very prosperous man.
In 1602 he bought a grand house in Stratford-upon-Avon called New Place for £340
Shakespeare died in 1616, aged 52
Good Friend, for Jesus’ sake forbearTo dig the dust enclosed here:Blessed be the man that spares these stones,And cursed be he that moves my bones.
Shakespeare is buried in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon – thereis a curse on the grave.
WHY IS SHAKESPEARE SO IMPORTANT TODAY?
Shakespeare’s plays have been translated into many languages and are so popular that people estimate that every minute of every day, someone in the world is watching a play by Shakespeare!
We still use his words and sayings today.....
Shakespeare’s Phrasesgood riddancetower of strengthas dead as a door nailthe long and short of it
in a pickle the game is up as good luck would have it
fair play green-eyed jealousytoo much of a good thing
set teeth on edge for goodness’s sake!all that glitters is not gold
budge an inch melted into thin airto thine own self be true
Shakespeare’s Insultsswaggering rascal! mouldy rogue!
canker-blossom! cut-purse rascal! stock-fish! bottle-ale rascal!
oh, you beast! filthy bung!
basket-hilt stale juggler!
scurvy fellow! hare-brain'd slaves! a fusty nut with no kernel!
puppy-headed monster! vile standing-tuck!
Shakespeare’s Legacy
Shakespeare wrote at least 37 plays and many poems between 1590 and 1614.
The First Folio of Comedies, Histories and Tragedies was published in 1623, seven years after his death.