wILLy ShAkEsPeArE

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wILLy ShAkEsPeArE

• By Rachel Kaelber
• Mikey B

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wILLy ShAkEsPeArEs Back in the Day

• On April 23, 1564, St. Georges Day, Willy was
  born at Stratford-upon-Avon
• His father, John Shakespeare, and his mother,
  Mary Arden, raised Willy
• He was baptized on April 26, 1564 in Stratfords
  Holy Trinity Church
• He was middle class and his father was a local
  businessman and glove maker who owned his own
  leather shop
• Willy had two brothers and five sisters
• He was schooled at The Kings New School

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wILLy ShAkEsPeArEsThe Later Years

• Willy married a hot mama named Anne Hathaway on
  November 28, 1582
• He had three wee babes named Susana, Judith, and
  Hamnet
• The Globe Theater, practically his crib, where
  many of Willys plays were performed, was built
  on February 21, 1599
• Poor, little Hamnet died at age 11 on August 11,
  1596
• Anne Hathaway died on August 6, 1623 (sucks for
  willy)
• The Globe Theater burned down during a Henry VIII
  performance on June 29, 1613

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The Flamboyant Times of wILLy ShAkEsPeArE

• The 16th century was the beginning of the modern
  era
• New innovations were born on the streets of
  England
• The church held much power and reformation would
  soon change it
• The population was growing at an exponential rate
• Middle class found time for things like drinking
  hard liquor as an escape which was very popular,
  then
• A new era a literature was discovered,
  introducing writers such as Francois Rabelais and
  Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
• In the 1590s crops were failing due to poor
  weather and poverty was spreading across Europe

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The Bibli

• http//www.lepg.org/sixteen.htm
• http//www.william-shakespeare.info/
• http//www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/122
• http//www.google.com

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El Fin