By Logan Caraballo

When Shakespeare shook the earth

Personal life

Wills way

personalWilliam Shakespeare

was born in 1564 on April 23rd

Lived in Stratford “upon Avon”

Married Anne Hathaway at the age of 18 (she was 26)

Moved to England in 1952 to begin working with theaters

Later joined Large theater troupe, The chamberlains men

Wrote 38 plays during career.

When and where?

professional

William Shakespeare

attended the Stratford

grammar school from

dawn to dusk, working

hard, long hours of

studying.

Born under Mary Arden

and John Shakespeare

Married Anne Hathaway

in 1582

First child – daughter -

born in 1583 (Susanna)

Twins born (Hamnet &

Judith born) 1585

Education & family life

Working with the troupeShakespeare moved

to England in 1592 to begin work with local theaters.

Shakespeare's first play “Henry VI part 2” produced.

Shakespeare joins chamberlains men in 1594, which later became the “Kings men” but converted back to the original name.

Hamnet? To be or not to be? Apparently not.Hamnet dies Due to

the black plague on Oct 20th 1596 at age 11

The play “Hamlet” written in 1599 dedicated to sons death.

Home away from homeWilliam Shakespeare and the theater

Joined in 1596 Performed mainly at, “The Theatre,”

in Shoreditch before construction of the globe theater

 Henry VI, part 2 first Shakespeare play they performed.

Most of Shakespeare'splays were written for the Chamberlainsmen.

The Chamberlains Men

Globe TheaterLocated in SouthwardMade partly from The

dismantled pieces of “The Theater”

Finished in 1599Burned down in 1613

by “the great fire of London”

Successfully rebuilt in 1614

When plays were banned from London in 1596, Shakespeare and his troupe moved to Swan Theater at Bankside

Also performed at, “The Curtain” and “The Blackfriars”

The Globe theater & other stages

Other Stages

Henry VI part 2 (First play produced)Julius Caesar (first to be performed at globe

theaterThe Tempest (last play Shakespeare wrote

alone)Hamlet (written in dedication of his son,

Hamnet)

List of all plays here

Important Plays

Sonnets and poetry Shakespeare wrote

154 sonnets throughout the extent of his life. All seemingly interlocked, excluding his final 3.

Done during low period in career

Excerpt from sonnet 18

“Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May…”

Romeo and Juliet“The greatest tragedy ever written”

It is a common

misconception that

“Romeo and Juliet”

was a romance, but

is in fact, a tragedy:

Includes an

extraordinary hero

(Romeo)

the hero dies, and

the heroes death

served a large

purpose. These are

all specifications of a

tragedy

Romeo and Juliet lie dead (left)

Romeo and Juliet takes place in Verona Italy around the early 1300’s. It is here where Montague and Capulet families are engaged in a constant feud. The Daughter (Juliet) of lord and lady Capulet, and the son (Romeo) of lord and lady Montague become star crossed lovers without their parents knowing. Through a tragic, and touching chain of events, the two (after a mistaken death) ensue their own deaths to remain together.

Synopsis

Written 1594

First performed

1595

Performed by

Chamberlains Men

at the globe theater

One of the worlds

best known plays to

this day

Movie produced in

1968

Specs

Shakespeare’s Sonnets. Ed. Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine, New Folger Library Shakespeare edition, 2004.

Shakespeare's Sonnets. Ed. Stephen Booth. rpt. Yale, 2000. Shakespeare's Sonnets. Ed. Katherine Duncan-Jones. Arden

Shakespeare, 1997. Helen Vendler, The Art of Shakespeare's Sonnets. Harvard, 1997. S. Schoenbaum, William Shakespeare: A Compact Documentary

Life (Oxford, 1977) http://www.History-timelines.org. “William Shakespeare timeline.”

William Shakespeare Timeline 1564-1616 (2010): 1. 4/15/2013 http://www.history-timelines.org.uk/people-timelines/08-william-shakespeare-timeline.htm.

All pictures taken from Romeo and Juliet wikipedia

Bibliography