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Title: William Shakespeare 1564-1616


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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
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