William Shakespeare was born in Stratford in 1564 and married Anne Hathaway in 1582. They had three children together: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Shakespeare had a successful career in London as a playwright and poet, writing 37 plays and 154 sonnets. Some of his most famous works include Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, and Macbeth. Shakespeare was a founding member of the Lord Chamberlain's Men theatrical troupe, which later became the King's Men performing company patronized by King James.

1. William Shakespeare

2. Family
•
Shakespeare was
born April 23,
1564 in Stratford.
•
Shakespeare was
the 3rd of eight
children.
•
Shakespeare’s
dad was a
shoemaker and
sometimes served
as a justice of the
peace.

3. Family
•Anne Hathaway was
the wife of William
Shakespeare.
•Hathaway married
Shakespeare in
November 1582 while
pregnant with the
couple's first child, to
whom she gave birth
six months later.
•Hathaway was 26/27
years of
age, Shakespeare was
only 18.

4. Family
•Three children
were born to
Anne.
•Namely Susanna
in 1583, and the
twins Hamnet and
Judith in 1585.
•Hamnet died at 11
years old and was
buried in Stratford
on August 11,
1596.

5. Theatrical
career
•He was a charter
member of the
theatrical company
called Lord
Chamberlains
Men, which later
become The Kings
Men.
•The Kings Men
were supported by
King James

6. Theatrical
career
•In 1599 the Globe
Theatre was built,
where Shakespeare’s
many plays were
performed.
•The Globe was built as
a large, round, open air
theatre.
•There was a roof
around the
circumference which
covered the seating
area, leaving the theatre
looking like
a doughnut from above.

7. Theatrical
career
•Shakespeare penned
his first play, Henry
VI, Part One at the age
of 25.
•He went on to write
37 plays and 154
sonnets in his lifetime.
•Shakespeare wrote in
3 different genres;
Tragedy (Romeo &
Juliet), Comedy
(Twelfth Night), and
History (Julius
Caesar).

8. Interesting
facts about
Shakespeare
•Hamlet is arguably
Shakespeare’s most
famous play.
•Romeo and Juliet
was based on a true
story.
•All women’s parts
were played by
boys. Juliet would
have been played by
a boy.

9. Interesting
facts about
Shakespeare
•Never attended a
University
•There are 157 million
pages referring to
him on Google. 132
million for God, 2.7
million for Elvis
Presley, George W
Bush with 14.7
million.

10. Interesting
facts about
Shakespeare
•Shakespeare's works
contain first-ever
recordings of 2,035
English words,
including: critical,
frugal, excellent, barefa
ced, assassination, and
countless.
•Shakespeare is the
second most quoted
writer in the English
language – after the
various writers of the
Bible.