Shakespeare, William

Shakespeare, William
(1564-1616)
   It is believed that he was born on 23 April which was also the date of his death-the son of a trader and leading citizen of Stratford Upon Avon, Warwickshire. He had a sound education at the local grammar school, where he would have studied Latin, as well as some of the classical historians, moralists, and poets. By the early 1590s he was making a name for himself in London as poet, playwright and actor. His first success was Richard III, 1592-93, and he went on to write over forty plays, as well as sonnets and many other poems; The Tempest (1611) is considered to be his last play. He was a leading member of the Chamberlain's Men theatrical company and owned a share in the Globe Theatre, built in 1599 on London's Bankside and destroyed by fire in 1613. He retired to Stratford, where he died and was buried in Holy Trinity Church. He is memorialized by a monument in Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey. Some of his other publications: Lvcrece, 1594. Venus and Adonis, 1594. The Passionate Pilgrim, 1599. The Phoenix and the Turtle, 1601. Sonnets, 1609.
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