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William Shakespeare is a long lived poet that people still know today. William
Shakespeare, born April 23, 1964 in Stratford-Upon-Avon, England. William attended Kings New School in Stratford England. William is still today a most memorable person by the words he wrote himself "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day." At the age of eighteen William married Twenty six year old Anne Hathaway on November 28, 1582. Soon after their marriage William and Anne had a baby girl named Susanna Shakespeare. Two years after Susanna was born, Anne gave birth to a girl, Judith and a twin boy, Hamnet. Hamnet later died at age eleven from unknown causes, as his sisters Judith and Susanna lived until death of old age at seventy seven and Susanna at sixty six. Sadly after the birth of the twins, history was lost for seven years. People call these years the “lost years.” …show more content…

“Henry VI Part 1.” This play was published in 1590. Seven years after the twins were born. Shakespeare’s most popular plays include the following... “Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer's Night's Dream, King Henry V, King Lear, Macbeth , Othello and Antony and Cleopatra.” In 1593 and 1594, Shakespeare’s first poems got published, 'Venus and Adonis' also 'The Rape of Lucrece', Shakespeare dedicated them to his patron, Henry Wriothesley, and the Earl of Southampton. Shakespeare also wrote most of his sonnets at this time. William wrote thirty seven plays that is studied by students today, performed and read worldwide. In 1594, Shakespeare Joined the theater to become a charter. Shakespeare was then a member of the Lord Chamberlain's Men. Once James I ascended the throne they changed their name to The King's Men . In 1598, Shakespeare had been

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