1. William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare

2. All the world' sAll the world' s
a stage, Anda stage, And
all the men andall the men and
women merelywomen merely
playersplayers..
(W.Shakespeare)(W.Shakespeare)

3. To be or not toTo be or not to
be-that is thebe-that is the
question.question.
(W.Shakespear(W.Shakespear
e)e)

4. WilliamWilliam Shakespeare‘sShakespeare‘s
BiographyBiography
WhoWho
exactly wasexactly was
WilliamWilliam
ShakespeareShakespeare
? That is a? That is a
question!question!

5. William Shakespeare’sWilliam Shakespeare’s
BirthplaceBirthplace
Shakespeare was born
towards the end of
the renaissance
period and was one
of the first to bring
the renaissance core
values to the theatre.
Shakespeare was
born in Stratford-
upon-Avon on 23
April,1564. His
father,
John Shakespeare,
was a successful
businessman. His
mother was the

6. School YearsSchool Years
He learned Latin and studied literature of Ancient Rome at
grammar school. But he was probably more interested in the
groups of actors who travelled from town to town and put
on plays in schools, churches, halls and public houses.

7. Ann Hathaway’s CottageAnn Hathaway’s Cottage
William
fell in
love
with
Ann
Hathawa
y.

8. W. Shakespeare’s FamilyW. Shakespeare’s Family
They got married in December 1582 and just
five months later, their first daughter,
Susanna was born. Shakespeare also had
twins Hamnet and Judith.

9. The GlobeThe Globe
•In 1590 he wrote his first play “Henry VI”.
•Shakespeare created a theatre and called it
“The Globe”. It was very popular among
different public.
•It was round and
had no roof over the
center-like the
theatres of the
Ancient Rome.

10. The GlobeThe Globe
The Globe could hold three
thousand people.
Some people sat to watch the
plays; others stood in the
middle, in front of the stage.
The audience was usually
noisy, often clapping and
cheering, and shouting to the
actors.
There were only actors not
actresses.

12. This is the new Globe theatre.This is the new Globe theatre.

13. In 1610, after twenty-five years in
London, Shakespeare came back to
Stratford.

14. Theatres in Stratford-Upon-AvonTheatres in Stratford-Upon-Avon
There are three theatres in Stratford, where you
can watch one of Shakespeare’s plays almost
every night of the year. This is Swan theatre,
which is like a theatre from Shakespeare’s days.

15. The Courtyard TheatreThe Courtyard Theatre

16. Shakespeare died on his fifty-second birthday
in 1616. He is buried in Holy Trinity Church,
Stratford. But the characters in his plays are
still with us today.

17. What kind of plays did WilliamWhat kind of plays did William
Shakespeare write?Shakespeare write?
1.Comedies1.Comedies
He wrote thirty-eight plays. Some of
them are comedies, for example,” A
Midsummer Night’s Dream” and “A
Comedy of Errors”. They have happy
endings.

18. List of Comedies by WilliamList of Comedies by William
ShakespeareShakespeare
1. The Tempest
2. The Two Gentlemen of
Verona
3. The Merry Wives of Windsor
4. Measure for Measure
5. The Comedy of Errors
6. Much Ado About Nothing
7. Love's Labour's Lost
8. A Midsummer Night's Dream
9. The Merchant of Venice
10. As You Like It
11. The Taming of the Shrew
12. All's Well That Ends Well
13. Twelfth Night
14. The Winter's Tale
15. Pericles, Prince of Tyre
16. The Two Noble Kinsmen

19. The Taming of the Shrew.The Taming of the Shrew.
All Shakespearean comedies end happily. Most often, this
happy ending involves marriage or pending marriage. Love
always wins out in the end. Love and marriage are the
concerns of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew.

20. 2. Tragedies2. Tragedies
Others are tragedies, such as ”Hamlet” and “Macbeth”-
these are sad, dark stories of murder and revenge.

21. "A Shakespearean
tragedy is a five
act play ending in
the death of most
of the major
characters."

22. The essence of Shakespeare's tragediesThe essence of Shakespeare's tragedies
is the expression of one of the great
paradoxes of life. We might call it the
paradox of disappointment.
Defeat, shattered hopes, and ultimately
death face us all as human beings.
Traits may include strength of
character as in Othello,
intelligence and cleverness
as in Hamlet, foolish vanity
as in King Lear, and even
treachery as in Macbeth.

23. List of Tragedies by WilliamList of Tragedies by William
ShakespeareShakespeare
1. § Titus Andronicus
2. § Romeo and Juliet
3. § Julius Caesar
4. § Hamlet
5. § Troilus and Cressida
6. § Othello
7. § Timon of Athens
8. § King Lear
9. § Macbeth
10. § Antony and Cleopatra
11. § Coriolanus
12. § Cymbeline

24. Romeo and JulietRomeo and Juliet
A glooming peace this morning with
it brings;
The sun, for sorrow, will not show
his head:
Go hence, to have more talk of these
sad things;
Some shall be pardon'd, and some
punished:
For never was a story of more woe
Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.

26. HistoriesHistories
Other plays are stories from English
history, for example, stories about kings of
England. They are very patriotic. Queen
Elizabeth I often went to see them.

27. List of Shakespeare'sList of Shakespeare's
English HistoriesEnglish Histories
1. § King John
2. § Edward III
3. § Richard II
4. § Henry IV,
Part 1
5. § Henry IV,
Part 2
6. § Henry V
7. § Henry VI,
Part 1
8. § Henry VI,
Part 2
9. § Henry VI,
Part 3
10. § Richard III
11. § Henry VIII

28. SonnetsSonnets
Shakespeare was not only a great playwright, but
an excellent poet too. In his splendid sonnets
there are three specific underlying themes:
1)the brevity of life,
2)the transience of beauty,
3)the trappings of desire.

29. Shakespeare‘s language is very rich. He drew
widely from the world treasure of the English
language. Many phrases from his plays have
become popular among a lot of people of the
world.

30. Shakespeare's Quotations.Shakespeare's Quotations.
To be, or not to be: that isTo be, or not to be: that is
the question.the question.
It's not enough to speak,It's not enough to speak,
but to speak true.but to speak true.
All that glisters is notAll that glisters is not
gold.gold.
All the world's a stage,All the world's a stage, aandnd
all the men andall the men and
women merely playerswomen merely players..

31. Shakespeare's Quotations.Shakespeare's Quotations.
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lendFriends, Romans, countrymen, lend
meme
your ears.your ears.
It is not in the stars to hold ourIt is not in the stars to hold our
destiny, but in ourselves.destiny, but in ourselves.
All’s well that ends well.All’s well that ends well.

32. In his plays we find all the greatest
ideas of the Renaissance and in the
first place the Renaissance concept
of man and his search of beauty,
truth and goodness.
Shakespeare explored the humanity
of every character regardless of their
social position. Even monarchs are
given human emotions and are
capable of making mistakes.
William Shakespeare is significant
to the Renaissance and modern
history because his work changed
the face of drama and writing
forever.

33. "He was not of an age,"He was not of an age,
but for all time!"but for all time!"
Ben JonsonBen Jonson

34. Thank you for attention!Thank you for attention!