Shakespeare Project Ap English 2009
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Interesting Facts We all know William Shakespeare is famous for his 37 plays and 154 sonnets; however, his actual life remains shrouded in mystery and speculation.
Early Life
Nobody knows Shakespeare’s true birthday. The most accurate date of Shakespeare’s birth coincides with baptism records dated on April the 26th, 1564. By tradition and guesswork, William is assumed to have been born three days earlier on April the 23rd, a date now commonly used to celebrate his birthday.
Shakespeare was only 18 when he married Anne Hathaway, a farmer’s daughter, who was 26.
As their first child was born 6 months after the wedding, it is popularly believed that Shakespeare was forced to marry Anne.
Shakespeare never attended a university; in fact, almost all of Shakespeare’s relatives were illiterate.
A Theatrical Life in London
Shakespeare was one of England’s first recognized professional writers.
Before his generation, plays were often created collaboratively, and playwrights were often anonymous.
Most academics agree that William wrote his first play, Henry VI, Part One around 1589 to 1590, when he would have been roughly 25 years old.
Shakespeare rose to prominence while writing plays for and acting at the Rose Theatre. The remains of the theatre were rediscovered in 1989, and are now preserved under an office building.
Drama, Drama, Drama
Few people realize that apart from writing thirty-seven plays and composing one hundred and fifty-four sonnets, Shakespeare was also an actor who performed many of his own plays.
There’s a common assumption that Shakespeare’s audiences were filled with commoners and the lower classes of the period. This wasn’t, in fact, the case. As his plays were performed in the afternoon, many attendees were students, gentlemen, courtiers and merchants.
More Drama
Macbeth is thought to be one of the most produced plays ever, with a performance beginning somewhere in the world every four hours!
William never published any of his plays. We read his plays today only because his fellow actors, John Hemminges and Henry Condell, posthumously recorded his work as a dedication to their fellow actor in 1623. This collection, known as The First Folio, is the source from which all published Shakespeare books are derived and is an important proof that William actually authored his plays.
“Curst be he that moves my bones.” Shakespeare was buried in the Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon. He put a curse on anyone daring to move his body from his final resting place. His epitaph was: Good friend for Jesus' sake forbear, To dig the dust enclosed here: Blest be the man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones.
Though it was customary to dig up the bones from previous graves to make room for others, Shakespeare’s remains are still undisturbed.
Betch’a Didn’t Know…
Shakespeare wrote on average 1.5 plays a year since he first started in 1589. Almost four hundred years after Shakespeare’s death there are 15 million pages referring to him on Google. There are 132 million for God, 2.7 million for Elvis Presley, and, coming up on Shakespeare’s heels, Barrack Obama with 14.7 million.
Early Life
Nobody knows Shakespeare’s true birthday. The most accurate date of Shakespeare’s birth coincides with baptism records dated on April the 26th, 1564. By tradition and guesswork, William is assumed to have been born three days earlier on April the 23rd, a date now commonly used to celebrate his birthday.
Shakespeare was only 18 when he married Anne Hathaway, a farmer’s daughter, who was 26.
As their first child was born 6 months after the wedding, it is popularly believed that Shakespeare was forced to marry Anne.
Shakespeare never attended a university; in fact, almost all of Shakespeare’s relatives were illiterate.
A Theatrical Life in London
Shakespeare was one of England’s first recognized professional writers.
Before his generation, plays were often created collaboratively, and playwrights were often anonymous.
Most academics agree that William wrote his first play, Henry VI, Part One around 1589 to 1590, when he would have been roughly 25 years old.
Shakespeare rose to prominence while writing plays for and acting at the Rose Theatre. The remains of the theatre were rediscovered in 1989, and are now preserved under an office building.
Drama, Drama, Drama
Few people realize that apart from writing thirty-seven plays and composing one hundred and fifty-four sonnets, Shakespeare was also an actor who performed many of his own plays.
There’s a common assumption that Shakespeare’s audiences were filled with commoners and the lower classes of the period. This wasn’t, in fact, the case. As his plays were performed in the afternoon, many attendees were students, gentlemen, courtiers and merchants.
More Drama
Macbeth is thought to be one of the most produced plays ever, with a performance beginning somewhere in the world every four hours!
William never published any of his plays. We read his plays today only because his fellow actors, John Hemminges and Henry Condell, posthumously recorded his work as a dedication to their fellow actor in 1623. This collection, known as The First Folio, is the source from which all published Shakespeare books are derived and is an important proof that William actually authored his plays.
“Curst be he that moves my bones.” Shakespeare was buried in the Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon. He put a curse on anyone daring to move his body from his final resting place. His epitaph was: Good friend for Jesus' sake forbear, To dig the dust enclosed here: Blest be the man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones.
Though it was customary to dig up the bones from previous graves to make room for others, Shakespeare’s remains are still undisturbed.
Betch’a Didn’t Know…
Shakespeare wrote on average 1.5 plays a year since he first started in 1589. Almost four hundred years after Shakespeare’s death there are 15 million pages referring to him on Google. There are 132 million for God, 2.7 million for Elvis Presley, and, coming up on Shakespeare’s heels, Barrack Obama with 14.7 million.
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