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NicoletteStarke
OConnor
HonorsEnglish9
30May2016
NotesontheLifeofWilliamShakespeare
ShakespearewasborninAprilof1564buttheexactdateofhisbirthisunknownbutis
guessedtobeApril23
ItisknownthathewasbornonHenleyStreetinStratford,England
HewasbaptizedonApril26,1564intheHolyTrinityChurchinStratford
HewasthesonofJohnShakespeareandMaryArdenShakespearealongwithsevenother
siblings
Hismotherwasraisedintothewealthyfamilyofafarmerandsohadinheritedalotof
money
WilliamShakespearesfatherbecamehighbailiffofStratfordin1567
Shakespearelikelyenrolledinpreschooltolearnaboutcatechismalongwithreadingand
writing
ItislikelythatheenrolledinelementaryschoolatKingsNewSchoolbetweentheages
of7and13
Helikelystudiedclasseslikereligion,logic,publicspeaking,Romandramaandpoetry,
andothersubjectstaughtinLatin
HemostlikelyalsostudiedtheNewTestamentinGreek

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Onethingthatwasahelpfulcontributiontohiswritingwasthathewasextensive
knowledgeofeverydaylifefromobservingthepeoplearoundhim
In
Hamlet,PrinceofDenmark
theactorsmayhavebeenbasedonreallyactorswho
visitedStratford
Attheageof17or18in1582,ShakespearemarriedAnneHathawaywhowas26atthe
time
ShewasthedaughterofasuccessfulfarmerinavillageaboutamilefromStratford
calledShottery
Hathawaywaspregnantatthetimeoftheirmarriagewiththeirfirstdaughternamed
SusannawhowasborninMayof1583
In1585,theyhadtwins,oneboyandonegirlnamedHamnetandJudith
AlotisunknownaboutShakespeareslifefrom1580to1592becauseanyrecordsofany
ofhisactivitiesduringthattimehavebeenlosttodate
ItistheorizedthatheeitherspentallthattimeinLondonorhetravelledtodistanttownin
whichhefoundlotsofinspirationforhiswritings
In1592,itisknowthathewasinLondon,writingandperformingattheageof28
HenryWriothesley,theThirdEarlofSouthamptonreallyhelpedShakespeareenterinto
thesocialandliteraryLondon
Duringthetimethattheplagueshutdownthetheatrein1592,Shakespearewrotepoetry
untilitreopenedin1594
Heretiredfromthetheatrein1610anddiedinMayof1616
"ShakespeareBiography."
ShakespeareBiography
.N.p.,n.d.Web.01June2016.

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