William Shakespeare as a Dramatist

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Important dates and events in the life of Shakespeare

No. Date and yaar The event

1 April,23 1564 Probable date of the Birth of willial !ha"e#peare.2 April 26, 1564 !ha"e#peare bapti$ed.

3 1564 The year of birth of %hri#topher &arlowe .

4 15'1 !ha"e#peare(# #)hool ed*)ation be+in#.

5 15'2 The year of birth of Ben on#on.

6 15'5 The earl of -ei)e#ter entertained the *ieen at

/enilworth.

' 15'0 The fort*ne# of #ha"e#peare(# father #*ffer rever#e#

!ha"e#peare leave# #)hool.

0 Nov. 20,1502 !ha"e#peare arrie# Anne athaway, ei+ht year#

#enior to hi in a+e.

&ay26, 1503 Da*+hter #*#anna bapti$ed.

1 eb.2 ,1505 Twin#, aet #on7 and *#ith da*+hter7 bapti$ed11 1506 !ha"e#peare leave# #tratfort probably7 .

12 152 ir#t referen)e to !ha"e#peare a# a8tor and

playwri+ht by 9reene in :+reatworth of ;it(

13 153 :ven*# and adoni#( dedi)ated to the earl of

#o*thaption p*bli#hed.

14 153


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16 A*+.11,156 !ha"e#pear(# play only #on anet b*ried.

1' &ay 4,15' !ha"e#peare b*y# new pla)e at !tratford.

10 150 ran)i# ere# :palladi# taia( p*bli#hed it )ontain#

#ha"e#peare(# play# *ptodate in a )hronolo+i)al

order.

1 150 !ha"e#peare a)t# in Ben =on#on(# :>very &an in hi

*o*r(

2 15 !ha"e#peare p*r)ha#e# #hare# in :the %lobe Theater

21 161 The father of !ha"e#peare died.

22 161 The earl of e##e8 e8e)*ted and the >arl of

#o*thapton ipri#oned.

23 162 !ha"e#peare add# one h*ndred and #even a)re# of

arable land to New pla)e.

24 163 !ha"e#peare(# %opany perfored before *een

>li$abeth at ?i)hond.25 163 *een >li$abeth died.

26 &ar)h15,164 !ha"e#peare ta"e# part in the pro)e##ion on the

%oronation of ae# @

2' 16' !ha"e#peare(# da*+hter, #*#anna arrie# =ohn all.

20 160 !ha"e#peare(# other died. !ha"e#peare e#tabli#hed

at New pla)e.2 16 !ha"e#peare(# :#onnet#( p*bli#hed.

3 1613


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Prin)e## >li$abeth with >le)tor rderi)".

32 =an. 25,1616 !ha"e#peare b*ried in the pari#h %h*r)h at !tratford

33 April,23 1616 !ha"e#peare died.

34 April 25,1616 !ha"e#peare b*ried in the pari#h %h*r)h at !tratford

35 1623 The fir#t folio >dition of hi# play p*bli#hed by hi#

friend#.

36 1632 The #e)ond olio >dition with typo+raphi)al error#

)orre)ted p*bli#hed.

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William Shakespeare bapti#ed 26 April 1564 died 23 April

16167 wa# an >n+li#hpoetandplaywri+ht, widely re+arded a# the

+reate#t writer in the >n+li#h lan+*a+eand the world# preCeinent

draati#t. e i# often )alled >n+land# national poetand the Bard

of Avon.i# #*rvivin+ wor"#, in)l*din+ #oe )ollaboration#,

)on#i#t of abo*t 30play#, 154 #onnet#, two lon+ narrative poe#,

and #everal other poe#. i# play# have been tran#lated into every

aor livin+ lan+*a+e and are perfored ore often than tho#e of

any other playwri+ht.

!ha"e#peare wa# born and rai#ed in !tratfordC*ponCAvon. At the

a+e of 10, he arried Anne athaway, with who he had three

)hildrenE !*#anna, and twin# anet and =*dith. Between 1505

and 152, he be+an a #*))e##f*l )areer in -ondon a# an a)tor,

writer, and part owner of a playin+ )opany )alled the -ord

%haberlain# &en, later "nown a# the /in+# &en. e appear# to

have retired to !tratford aro*nd 1613, where he died three year#

later. ew re)ord# of !ha"e#peare# private life #*rvive, and there
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ha# been )on#iderable #pe)*lation abo*t #*)h atter# a# hi#

phy#i)al appearan)e, #e8*ality, reli+io*# belief#, and whether the

wor"# attrib*ted to hi were written by other#.

!ha"e#peare prod*)ed o#t of hi# "nown wor" between 150 and

1613. i# early play# were ainly )oedie#and hi#torie#, +enre#

he rai#ed to the pea" of #ophi#ti)ation and arti#try by the end of the

16th )ent*ry. e then wrote ainly tra+edie#*ntil abo*t 160,

in)l*din+ Hamlet, King Lear, Othello, and Macbeth, )on#idered

#oe of the fine#t wor"# in the >n+li#h lan+*a+e. @n hi# la#t pha#e,

he wrote tra+i)oedie#, al#o "nown a# roan)e#, and )ollaborated

with other playwri+ht#.

&any of hi# play# were p*bli#hed in edition# of varyin+ F*ality

and a))*ra)y d*rin+ hi# lifetie. @n 1623, two of hi# forer

theatri)al )ollea+*e# p*bli#hed the First Folio, a )olle)ted edition

of hi# draati) wor"# that in)l*ded all b*t two of the play# now

re)o+ni#ed a# !ha"e#peare#.
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!ha"e#peare wa# a re#pe)ted poet and playwri+ht in hi# own day,

b*t hi# rep*tation did not ri#e to it# pre#ent hei+ht# *ntil the 1th

)ent*ry. The ?oanti)#, in parti)*lar, a))laied !ha"e#peare#

+eni*#, and the Gi)torian# wor#hipped !ha"e#peare with a

reveren)e that 9eor+e Bernard !haw )alled bardolatry.@n the

2th )ent*ry, hi# wor" wa# repeatedly adopted and redi#)overed by

new oveent# in #)holar#hip and perforan)e. i# play# reain

hi+hly pop*lar today and are )on#tantly #t*died, perfored and

reinterpreted in diver#e )*lt*ral and politi)al )onte8t# thro*+ho*t

the world.

Early life

;illia !ha"e#peare wa# the #on of =ohn !ha"e#peare, an

alderanand a #*))e##f*l +loverori+inally fro !nitterfield, and

&ary Arden, the da*+hter of an affl*ent landownin+ farer. e

wa# born in !tratfordC*ponCAvon and bapti#ed there on 26 April

1564. i# a)t*al birthdate reain# *n"nown, b*t i# traditionally

ob#erved on 23 April, !t 9eor+e# Day. Thi# date, whi)h )an be
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tra)ed ba)" to an 10thC)ent*ry #)holar# i#ta"e, ha# proved

appealin+ to bio+rapher#, #in)e !ha"e#peare died 23 April 1616.

e wa# the third )hild of ei+ht and the elde#t #*rvivin+ #on.

Altho*+h no attendan)e re)ord# for the period #*rvive, o#t

bio+rapher# a+ree that !ha"e#peare wa# probably ed*)ated at the

/in+# New !)hoolin !tratford, a free #)hool )hartered in 1553,

abo*t a F*arterCile fro hi# hoe. 9raar #)hool#varied in

F*ality d*rin+ the >li$abethan era, b*t the )*rri)*l* wa# di)tated

by law thro*+ho*t >n+land, and the #)hool wo*ld have provided

an inten#ive ed*)ation in -atin+raar and the )la##i)#.

=ohn !ha"e#peare# ho*#e, believed to be !ha"e#peare# birthpla)e,

in !tratfordC*ponCAvon.

London and theatrical career

All the world# a #ta+e,

and all the en and woen erely player#E
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Later years and death

?owe wa# the fir#t bio+rapher to pa## down the tradition that

!ha"e#peare retired to !tratford #oe year# before hi# death b*t

retireent fro all wor" wa# *n)oon at that tie, and

!ha"e#peare )ontin*ed to vi#it -ondon. @n 1612 he wa# )alled a# a

witne## in a )o*rt )a#e )on)ernin+ the arria+e #ettleent of

&o*ntoy# da*+hter, &ary. @n &ar)h 1613 he bo*+ht a +ateho*#e

in the forer Bla)"friar#priory and fro Noveber 1614 he wa#

in -ondon for #everal wee"# with hi# #onCinClaw, =ohn all.
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