William Shakespeare 15641616

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William Shakespeare 1564-1616
All the world 's a stage, / And all the men and
women merely players.
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• Born in Stratford
• The 3rd of 8 kids
• Married at age 18
• (his wife was 26)
• Worked as an actor
• By 1594 at least 6
• plays had been
• published

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Queen Elizabeth
What do you think she was like?
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Elizabethan Fashion
"She must be stifling in that thing"
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The Globe Theater 1599
Burned in 1613
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The New Globe Theater 1999
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The Plays

• Comedy
• Tragedy
• Historica

Which plays have you heard of?
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Comedies

• The Taming of the Shrew
• Much Ado About Nothing
• As You Like I
• Twelfth Night
• Midsummer Nights Dream

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Tragedies

• Hamlet
• Romeo and Juliet
• Othello
• King Lear
• Macbeth