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William ShakespeareFact Pack

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For more information on Shakespeare week please visit www.shakespeareweek.org.uk

William Shakespeare is England’s most loved poet and regarded as the greatest writer in the English language. To celebrate Shakespeare’s

birthday on the 23rd April and Shakespeare Week in March we have created this special information pack for your pupils.

Included in this pack is: • A short bio about Shakespeare’s life• Facts and rumours about Shakespeare• Shakespeare match-up game• A timeline of Shakespeare’s plays• A Shakespeare wordsearch• Sonnet workshop• Colouring page• Shake-Up Shakespeare entry form• Answer sheet

Please feel free to photocopy our Shakespeare pack or go to our website to download the individual information sheets:

www.youngwriters.co.uk/fact-pack-shakespeare

Coordinated by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Shakespeare Week introduces primary aged children to Shakespeare’s life, works and times in a fun and engaging way.

They provide the tools and support to enable schools, families and cultural organisations to take part across the UK.

Discover what Shakespeare Week has to offer you at www.shakespeareweek.org.uk

Why celebrate Shakespeare?

T he Shakespeare Birthplace Trust passionately believes that Shakespeare is not only for

all time, but for everyone, and that having a greatfirstexperienceofShakespeareshouldbesomethingeverychildexperiences.That’swhere Shakespeare Week comes in.

Shakespeare is a named author on the curriculum in 65% of countries, studied by around half of the world’s schoolchildren every year. He has been hailedastheUK’sgreatestculturalexport,andtheforemost reason why people are proud to be British. Yet many British children encounter Shakespeare only in their teens as a mandatory subject studied forexams.ManygrowuptoregardShakespeareasdifficult,andnotforthem,andinturnareveryunlikelyto introduce their own youngsters to his creative influence.ThisiswhyShakespeareWeekissoimportant because it opens the door to Shakespeare andensuresthatchildrenhaveagreatfirstencounterwith one of the world’s most famous playwrights.

What does Shakespeare Week do for children?

S hakespeare Week offers cross-curricular resources and activities to teachers and

familiesinspiringthemtoexploreShakespeareincreative and cross-curricular ways. All participating teachers can order Passports to Shakespeare for their pupils. The Passport to Shakespeare is a little booklet for children to keep and record their ongoing enjoyment of Shakespeare. Shakespeare Week is supported in every corner of the UK by a range of cultural partners who offerexcitingeventsforschoolsandfamiliesin their localities. Partners can list their events on the Shakespeare Week site and promote the wonderful work they do in their regions.

What is Shakespeare Week?

www.shakespeareweek.org.ukYoungWriters

© Shakespeare Birthplace Trust

© Shakespeare Birthplace Trust

The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust is the world’s leading charity in promoting the works, life and times of William Shakespeare.

TheyofferauniqueShakespeare-centredexperiencewithoutstandingarchive and library collections, inspiring educational and literary event

programmesandfivewonderfulhousesalldirectlyrelatingtoShakespeare.

As an independent charity they receive no public subsidy or direct government funding. They depend entirely on income generated through

their supporters: their visitors, volunteers, donors and friends.

The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust was formed in 1847 following the purchase of Shakespeare’s Birthplace as a national memorial.

The role of the Trust grew with the purchase in 1876 of Shakespeare’s New Place estate, comprising thesiteofShakespeare’sgrandfinalhomeandNash’s House (the home of Thomas Nash and Shakespeare’s grand-daughter Elizabeth).

The Trust purchased Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, the girlhood home of Shakespeare’s wife, in 1892 and Mary Arden’s House was purchased in 1930.

The last house to be acquired was Hall’s Croft, the home of Shakespeare’s daughter Susanna and her husband, physician Dr John Hall, in 1949.

In 1964 to celebrate the four hundredth anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth the Trust threw open the doors of its new headquarters and study facility, the

Shakespeare Centre. This distinctive building provides ahomefortheTrust’sextensiveShakespeareCentrelibrary and archive (including the RSC archive). The second part of this project, anextensionincludingfacilitiesfortheTrust educational and cultural work and a visitor centre for Shakespeare’s Birthplace, was added in 1981.

In addition to the Shakespeare Houses, the Trust cares for Harvard House on behalf of the Harvard House Memorial Trust.

The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust


© Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Shakespeare’s birthplace © Shakespeare Birthplace Trust

William Shakespeare, (baptised on 26th April 1564, buried 25th April 1616) was an English poet and playwright widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language. He is often called the ‘Bard of Avon’. His surviving works include 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems and several other poems. His plays are performed more often than any other playwriter and have been translated into every major language.

William ShakespeareShort Bio


Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon. When he was 18 he married Anne Hathaway who was much older. They went on to have three children: Susanna, Hamnet and Judith (who were twins). His successful career took off in 1585 – 1592 where he was an actor, writer and part owned a company of actors called Lord Chamberlain’s Men, which was later known as The King’s Men. Around 1613 Shakespeare is thought to have retired back to Stratford at the age of 49. He died three years later.

Below we have listed a few fascinating facts all about Shakespeare. There are many mysteries surrounding the life of William Shakespeare and some of these facts are true facts but some are based on rumours.

• The actual date of Shakespeare’s birthday is unknown but 23rd April has been generally used, which is the same day as St George’s Day.

• Shakespeare's date of death is also unknown! This has also been given the date of 23rd April. He was buried on 25th April 1616.

• Shakespeare was granted permission on 28th November 1582 to marry Anne Hathaway.

• Anne Hathaway was already three months pregnant when they married.

• Shakespeare’s family were all illiterate, and many people thought Shakespeare did not write his own work because of this.

• Shakespeare’s bestselling work in his own lifetime was a long poem not a play at all – a poem called Venus and Adonis.

• NoexistingportraitofShakespearecanbe proved to have been painted from life, so we may not have an accurate idea of what he really looked like.

• All of Shakespeare’s grandchildren have died and he has no living descendants.

• Father of William Shakespeare, John Shakespeare, was the mayor of Stratford where William was born.

• Shakespeare is rumoured to be the father of an illegitimate son, William Davenant!

• Shakespeare’s company The King’s Men built the Globe Theatre (see below).

William ShakespeareFacts & Rumours


1612 Henry VIII

‘Born’ 23rd April 1564

‘Died’ – 23rd April 1616

1589 Comedy of ErrorsHenry VI, Part II 1590

Henry VI, Part III 1591 Henry VI, Part IRichard III 1592

1593 Taming of the Shrew Titus Andronicus

Romeo and Juliet 1594Two Gentlemen of Verona

Love’s Labour’s Lost 1595 Richard II Midsummer’s Night DreamKing John 1596

Merchant of Venice 1597 Henry IV, Part I Henry IV, Part IIHenry V 1598

Much Ado about Nothing1599 Twelfth Night As You Like It Julius Caesar

Hamlet 1600Merry Wives of Windsor

1601 Troilus and Cressida

All’s Well That Ends Well 1602

1604 Othello Measure for Measure

King Lear 1605Macbeth 1606 Antony and Cleopatra

Coriolanus 1607Timon of Athens 1608 Pericles

Cymbeline 1609

1610 Winter’s TaleTempest 1611


Timeline of Plays

Can you find all 15 words about William Shakespeare? Have a competition with your classmates; see who can find all 15 first!

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Twelfth NightThe Tempest

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Shakespeare Wordsearch


Match these famous plays of Shakespeare to the correct

quotes to the left. Some plays may be used more than once:

Romeo and JulietHamlet

MacbethThe Merchant of Venice

Julius CaesarOthello

Timon of AthensHenry VI, Part III

As you like it

“To be, or not to be: that is the question”

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“O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?”

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“‘T’is neither here nor there”

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“It is the east, and Juliet is the sun”

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“We have seen better days”

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“Having nothing, nothing can he lose”

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“Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him”

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“Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.”

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“Forever and a day”

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William ShakespeareFamous Quotes


Here’s a selection of books about William Shakespeare and his work that you may find interesting! How many have you read?

Tales from Shakespeare: Julius Caesar

Published by QED PublishingRRP £7.99 (hardback)ISBN: 9781784930066www.qed-publishing.co.uk

Julius Caesar a powerful and respected Roman, is warned by a fortune-teller that danger is ahead. With power often comes enemies, who are conspiring against Caesar and will they succeed? Follow Caesar in this tragic tale of power, war and ambition. QED has chosen four plays to continue the successful Tales from Shakespeare series. The

plays are retold as stories using clear and modern-day language, whilst each title keeps its originality by including keyquotationsfromtheoriginaltext.

Other titles available in the Tales From Shakespeare series are Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Julius Caesar, Henry V, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest and Midsummer Night’s Dream.

King of Shadows

By Susan CooperPublishedbyRedFoxEAN: 9781409048312 RRP £5.49 (ebook)www.randomhouse.co.uk

I lay very still, with all my senses telling me that I had gone mad. The plague? Nobody’s had the plague for centuries . . .

Nathan Field, a talented young actor, arrives at the newly rebuilt Globe Theatre in London to play Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. As rehearsals begin, eerie echoes of the past begin to haunt Nat, and he falls

sick with a mysterious sickness.

Whenhewakes,Natfindshimselfin1599,anactorattheoriginal Globe - and his co-star is none other than the King of Shadows himself: William Shakespeare.

Nat’snewlifeisfullofexcitement,dangerandthepassionate friendship that he has longed for since the tragic death of his parents. But why has he been sent to the past - and is he trapped there forever?

The What on Earth? Wallbook of Shakespeare

By Dr Nick WaltonPublished by The Shakespeare TrustRRP £17.50 (large format hardback)ISBN 9780956593672www.whatonearthbooks.com

The What on Earth? Wallbook of Shakespeare is a unique introduction to all thirty-eight histories, comedies and tragedies by William Shakespeare on a timeline set in the iconic Globe Theatre. On the reverse, a newspaper-style narrative reviews allthemostsignificantmomentsinthelegacy of William Shakespeare from his death to the present day.

Published in partnership with The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, the What on Earth? Wallbook of Shakespeare makes the perfect introduction to all of Shakespeare’s plays for anyone ages 6 to 106!

ThewallbookisA3sizewithhardbackcoversforextradurability. It can either be read like a book or unfolded into a 2.4 metre long timeline for hanging on a wall.

Classics Unfolded: Romeo and Juliet

By Yelena BrysenkovaPublished by Frances Lincoln BooksRRP £6.99 (paperback)ISBN 9781847806413www.franceslincoln.com

Romeo and Juliet visualises William Shakespeare’s tragic tale of two star-crossed lovers from different clans, whose love has tragic consequences. This edition sees the story unfold in 16scenesandmakesclassictextsbite-sized and accessible to younger readers. Each panel features a quote fromtheoriginalworkandthefinals panel shows a step-by-step summary of the plot line. A unique and fun waytofindoutmoreaboutthisinfamous play.

Recommended Reads


World of Shakespeare

Published by Usborne BooksRRP £6.99 (paperback)ISBN 9781409556022www.usborne.com

Explorethelifeandtimesofoneofthe greatest writers the world has ever seen in this wonderful, interactive introduction to his works. You can see where Shakespeare lived, how he worked and discover the plays he wrote, including A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet and more. This book includes

over 100 stickers of artwork inspired by his work, as well as artefacts, advertisements and photographs of famous actors and scenes as well as a timeline, a complete list of works and even a section to practise Shakespearean insults!

A brilliant way to learn about Shakepeare!

Shakespeare’s Tales

Retold by Beverley BirchPublished by Hodder Children’s BooksRRP £9.99 (paperback)ISBN 9780340970126www.hachettechildrens.co.uk

Tragedy, comedy and history are all here for you in this wonderful adaptation of four Shakespeare plays. There is something for everyone!

A lyrical re-telling of Shakespeare’s plays; Hamlet, The Tempest, Anthony and Cleopatra and Othello by respected children’s author Beverley Birch,

partnered with sublime illustrations by Stephen Lambert. This collection is a perfect introduction to these landmark plays.

Extraordinary Lives: William Shakespeare

By Peter HicksPublished by Wayland BooksRRP £8.99 (paperback)ISBN: 9780750279536www.qed-publishing.co.uk

ExtraordinaryLiveslooksattheextraordinarylives,achievementsandlegaciesofkeyfiguresinhistory.

ThisbookexploresthelifeofWilliamShakespeare, from his marriage and plays through to where and how he got his inspiration.

Bravo Mr Williams Shakespeare!

By Marcia WilliamsPublished by Walker BooksRRP £6.99 (paperback)ISBN 9781406323351www.walkerbooks.co.uk

Seven classic Shakespeare plays presented in an accessible comic strip format.

The Globe Theatre is delighted to announce a new season of Mr. William Shakespeare’s plays! Prithee take your place once more for a performance of seven of the Bard’sfinesttales.SeeAsYouLike It, Antony and Cleopatra,

Richard III, Twelfth Night, King Lear, The Merchant of Venice and Much Ado About Nothing – each brilliantly presented in dramatic comic-strip form, including Mr Shakespeare’s own dialogue and the riotous remarks of the audience. Bravo!

Doctor Who: The Shakespeare Notebooks

Published by Random House BooksEAN: 9781448142521 RRP £6.98 (ebook)www.randomhouse.co.uk

Many people know about William Shakespeare’s famous encounter with the Doctor at the Globe Theatre in 1599. But what few people know (though many have suspected) is that itwasnotthefirsttimetheymet.

Drawn from recently-discovered archives, The Shakespeare Notebooks is the holy grail of Bard scholars: conclusive proof that the Doctor not only appeared throughout

Shakespeare’slife,buthadasignificantimpactonhiswriting.Inthesepagesyou’llfindearlydraftsofscenesand notes for characters that never appeared in the plays; discarded lines of dialogue and sonnets; never-before-seen journal entries; and much more.

From the original notes for Hamlet (with a very different appearance by the ghost) and revealing early versions of the faeries of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, to strange stage directions revised to remove references to a mysteriousbluebox,TheShakespeareNotebooksisanastonishing document that offers a unique insight into the mind of one of history’s most respected and admired figures.Andalso,ofcourse,WilliamShakespeare.

Recommended Reads


Sonnet Workshopfor Pupils

'What is a sonnet?' The sonnet is a poem with three important elements that tell us clearly that it is a sonnet:

• It has 14 lines.

•Each line has 10 syllables.

• It is a rhyming poem, with a strict rhyme pattern.

The two most well-known forms of sonnet are the English (or Shakespearean sonnet) and the Italian (or Petrarchan sonnet). Shakespeare popularised the English sonnet andPetrarchwasthefirstmajorwriterof theItaliansonnet.Sonnetsaregenerallywritten in iambic pentameter.

Iambic pentameter means each line has 10 syllables. Syllables mean a division of words.Forexamplewhenyousay‘cat’youareusing1syllable,‘water’youareusing2:wat-er;‘forever’isthreesyllablesfor-ev-er;andsoon.Awayofrememberingiambicpentameter is to say out loud: ti-tum, ti-tum, ti-tum, ti-tum, ti-tum. So the opening to a sonnetcouldbe:Scribbler!Ohwhatjoyyoucanfindinhere.

So remember, a sonnet has 14 lines and 10 syllables and don’t forget to pay attention to the rhyme pattern!

Lines 1 and 3 Rhyme A

Lines 2 and 4 Rhyme B

Lines 5 and 7 Rhyme C

Lines 6 and 8 Rhyme D

Lines 9 and 11 Rhyme E

Lines 10 and 12 Rhyme F

Lines 13 and 14 Rhyme G


TipHaving trouble with syllables?

How about shortening words?

For example: it is – it’s every – ev’ry about – ’bout

Take a look at our example sonnet to help you see the layout and pattern ...

A sonnet’s not a poem you should fear (A)

If you break it down it’s easy to see (B)

How you can write one too, just like Shakespeare (A)

Thenpeoplewillsay‘ShallIcomparethee’ (B)

Sticktothispatternandyouwillbefine (C)

Just follow the rhyme, it’s simple to do (D)

Count the syllables - you’ll need ten per line (C)

Then pick a subject that’s special to you (D)

You’ve got the tools to become a poet (E)

And write verse to rival the Stratford Bard (F)

Now all that you’ve got to do is show it (E)

Maybe you’ll win a prize if you work hard (F)

Get started - it’s easier than you think (G)

It is time to put it all down in ink. (G)

Send your completed sonnet to us and we’ll enter it into our ‘Shake-Up Shakespeare’ competition! Enter online at

www.youngwriters.co.uk/competitions/shakeup-shakespeare.php

Sonnet Workshopfor Pupils


Get Arty!


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To celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday on 23rd April and Shakespeare Week from 20th - 26th March 2017 we would love to hear your poems inspired by Shakespeare. Selected poets will have their work

published and also be in with a chance of winning a selection of Shakespeare themed books. (See our website for further details.)

Send your entry to: ‘Shake-Up Shakespeare’, Young Writers, Remus House, Coltsfoot Drive, Peterborough, PE2 9BF. Email: [email protected].

Closing Date: 31st May 2017I would like to submit a poem for Shake-Up Shakespeare.

Name ...........................................Surname ........................................................... Age ....................................................

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Young Writers Shake-Up Shakespeare, Remus House, Coltsfoot Drive, Woodston, Peterborough PE2 9BFTel:01733890066I01733898110Fax:01733313524Email:[email protected]:www.youngwriters.co.uk

Bonacia Ltd Company Number: 05368980

Famous Quotes Answers“To be, or not to be: that is the question” Hamlet

“O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?” Romeo and Juliet

“‘T’is neither here nor there.” Othello

“It is the east, and Juliet is the sun”Romeo and Juliet

“We have seen better days” Timon of Athens

“Having nothing, nothing can he lose” King Henry VI, Part III

“Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him” Julius Caesar

“Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.” Macbeth

“Forever and a day”As You Like It

Wordsearch AnswersRomeo And JulietHamletWilliam ShakespeareMacbethPoisonJulius CaesarGlobe TheatreComedyThe Kings MenKing LearSonnetsKing JohnTwelfth NightThe TempestPlays

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We are a Shakespeare Week Partner

Young Writers


For more information on Shakespeare week please visit www.shakespeareweek.org.uk

Young Writers aim to encourage young people to engage in creative writing. We have worked with schools, parents

and young writers since 1991 by doing the following:• Running national poetry and creative writing competitions through schools• Providing resources to teachers to aid them in teaching young writers• Providing poetry and creative writing workshops for young writers

Our website – www.youngwriters.co.uk – hosts a variety of lesson plans and workshops for children as well as recommending books, publishing children’s reviews, winners’ section, author interviews and much more! We have a blog that features all sorts of literary news, as well as provide more information about Young Writers in general.Visit the news section of our website to read our blog.

We welcome feedback, suggestions and comments from teachers, parents and young writers – please feel free to give us a call on 01733 890066 or [email protected].

We hope you have enjoyed using our free resource pack. If you would like to send any of your pupils’ poetry, stories or mini sagas to us, for consideration for publication, please send them to FREEPOST RSLY-AUJA-RAHY, Young Writers Shake-Up Shakespeare, Remus House, Coltsfoot Drive, Peterborough PE2 9BF.Details of our current competitions can be found on our website, www.youngwriters.co.uk/competitions-options

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