William Shakespeare

                William Shakespeare was born in 1564, in Stratford and was baptized at The Church of the Holy Trinity. He was a poet and playwright. When he was 16 he attended the guild house school, and this is where he got his first taste of theatre. When he was 18 he married Anne Hathaway and had a girl named Susan followed by twins. He then left for London to start his career. Here he had a career as a writer, actor, and owned part of a playing company. His plays were being performed on the stage by 1592.

It is unsure what company used Shakespeare’s plays in his earlier life but most of his plays were performed by his own company. Shakespeare’s best known plays Hamlet, Othello, and King Lear however were produced in the Globe Theater. Some of the actors in Shakespeare’s company were Richard Burbage, William Kempe, Henry Condell and John Heminges. They appeared in more than one of his plays. He also wrote Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer’s Night Dream. Shakespeare also wrote sonnets, which were the last of Shakespeare’s works to be printed. Shakespeare died in 1616 in Stratford.