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The Globe Theatre
The Globe Theatre was originally built in 1599 and was the headquarters of a band of players for whom William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) wrote. A reconstructed building was completed in 1997. Productions, as Elizabethan as regulations allow, are staged in the Globe from May to September. An exhibiti...
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Birthplace of Shakes...
William Shakespeare was born in Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire in 1564 in the house shown in the photograph to the right. He was baptized on 26th April, which is recorded in the Parish Register of the Holy Trinity Church in Stratford, shown below right. It was customary in th...
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William Shakespeare was born in Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire in 1564 in the house shown in the photograph to the right. He was baptized on 26th April, which is recorded in the Parish Register of the Holy Trinity Church in Stratford, shown below right. It was customary in th...
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Wilmcot near Stratfo...
William was the third child of John and Mary Shakespeare. His two older sisters Joan and Margaret died before William was born. William's parents had three more sons, Gilbert, Richard and Edmund and two more daughters, Joan and Anne after the birth of William. Shakespeare's mother was formerly M...
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Town Grammar School
William Shakespeare would have started school aged five at Stratford's Petty School where he was taught to count, read and write by a teacher called an 'Abercadarius'. He learnt the alphabet and Lord's Prayer from a hornbook - a sheet of paper sandwiched between a wooden board and a piece of ...
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School Desk (William...
The study of Latin was the main subject of the grammar school curriculum, however pupils also studied Greek, grammar, logic, rhetoric, history, arithmetic, geometry, music and astronomy. They did not devote time to studying modern languages or sciences. Latin was important as it was still the in...
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Importance of learni...
The study of Latin was the main subject of the grammar school curriculum, however pupils also studied Greek, grammar, logic, rhetoric, history, arithmetic, geometry, music and astronomy. They did not devote time to studying modern languages or sciences. Latin was important as it was still the in...
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Typical Latin Class
The study of Latin was the main subject of the grammar school curriculum, however pupils also studied Greek, grammar, logic, rhetoric, history, arithmetic, geometry, music and astronomy. They did not devote time to studying modern languages or sciences. Latin was important as it was still the in...
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Typical Latin Class
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William and Annes St...
On 27th November 1582 Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway. Anne was the daughter of Richard Hathaway a farmer from the village of Shottery, about one mile from Stratford. Richard Hathaway died in September 1581 and left Anne £6 - 13s - 4d in his will for 'atte the day of her maryage'. When ...
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Map of London - 1593
Between 1585 and 1592 there are no records about what Shakespeare was doing. This period in his life is called 'The Lost Years'. There are plenty of theories about what happened during the lost years, but no evidence to back them up. He may have become a teacher, or become associated with the...
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Southwark High Stree...
Between 1585 and 1592 there are no records about what Shakespeare was doing. This period in his life is called 'The Lost Years'. There are plenty of theories about what happened during the lost years, but no evidence to back them up. He may have become a teacher, or become associated with the...
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Illustration of Lond...
In 1592, Shakespeare was working in London and had gained a reputation as an actor and a writer. Another dramatist at this time, Robert Greene, was envious of Shakespeare and called him 'an upstart crow'. In Shakespeare's time, London was the only place where there were buildings designed spec...
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London
In 1592, Shakespeare was working in London and had gained a reputation as an actor and a writer. Another dramatist at this time, Robert Greene, was envious of Shakespeare and called him 'an upstart crow'. In Shakespeare's time, London was the only place where there were buildings designed spec...
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Illustration of the ...
In Shakespeare's day, the Queen or King did not visit the theatre, the theatre went to them. The Lord Chamberlain's men often performed for Queen Elizabeth I. Shakespeare wrote The Merry Wives of Windsor especially for the Queen. Shakespeare remained with the same theatre company for almost 20 ...
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Illustration of the ...
In Shakespeare's day, the Queen or King did not visit the theatre, the theatre went to them. The Lord Chamberlain's men often performed for Queen Elizabeth I. Shakespeare wrote The Merry Wives of Windsor especially for the Queen. Shakespeare remained with the same theatre company for almost 20 ...
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