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William Shakespeare was born on the 23rd of April , 1564 and died on the 23rd of April , 1616.He attended King’s new school and he was born in Stratford – upon – Avon , UK. Where he was taught reading, writing , and the classics.
EARLY LIFE
There was no birth record of William but William was the thirdchild of John Shakespeare , a leathermerchant and Mary Arden , a locallanded heiress. He had two sisters; Joan & Judith and three brothers; Gilbert , Richard and Edmund.
William shakespeare wrote a lot of Poems , Plays and Sonnet. It was said that he wroteabout 154 sonnets , 38 plays in which 18 werecomedies ,10 history ,10 tragedy and 4 long poetries.
Comedy History Tragedy Poetry
All’s well that end well Henry IV, part 1 Antony and Cleopatra A Lover's Complaint
As you like it Henry IV, Part 2 Coriolanus Rape of Lucrece
The comedy of errors King Henry V Hamlet Venus and Adonis
Cymbeline Henry VI Part 1 Julius Caesar A Funeral elegy
Love’s labour lost Henry VI Part 2 King Lear
Measure for measure Henry VI, Part 3 Macbeth
The Merry wives of windsor King Henry VIII Othello
The merchant of Venice King John Romeo and Juliet
Midsummer Night’s Dream King Richard II Timon of Athens
Much Ado about nothing King Richard III Titus Andronicus
Pericles
Taming of the Shrew
The Tempest
Troilus and Cressida
Twelfth Night
Two Gentlemen of Verona
Winter's Tale
Shakespeare was known for usinghis own words in most of his plays , words that were not used in the Bible and din’t exist in the dictionary.He was called Bard of Avon and was said to have made up half of the dictionary we use today.
His plays were speciallyacted for the King . These are his top 10 plays starting fromthe least:10 - Othello 09 – The taming of the Shrew08 – Twelth Night07 – Julius Caesar06 – Richard III
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