Shakespeare: His Life and Times Shakespeare: His Life and Times
Shakespeare: His Life and Times. Early Life Born 1564—died 1616 Stratford-upon-Avon Parents: John and Mary Arden Shakespeare Mary—daughter of wealthy.
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Shakespeare: His Life and TimesShakespeare: His Life and Times
Early LifeEarly Life
Born 1564—died 1616 Stratford-upon-Avon Parents: John and Mary Arden
Shakespeare• Mary—daughter of wealthy landowner• John—glovemaker, local politician
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Location of Stratford-upon-AvonLocation of Stratford-upon-Avon
As reproduced in William Rolfe, Shakespeare the Boy (1896).
Stratford-on-Avon in Shakespeare’s TimeStratford-on-Avon in Shakespeare’s Time
From Stratford’s web site: http://www.stratford-upon-avon.co.uk/index.htm
Stratford-upon-Avon Today
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Shakespeare’s BirthplaceShakespeare’s Birthplace
• Probably attended King’s New School in Stratford
• Educated in:• Rhetoric• Logic• History• Latin
EducationEducation
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King’s New SchoolKing’s New School
• Married in 1582 to Anne Hathaway, who was pregnant at the time with their first daughter
• Had twins in 1585• Sometime between 1585-1592, he moved
to London and began working in theatre.
Married LifeMarried Life
Shakespeare In Love
It is thought that Shakespeare had a Mistress and a Mister…Mister was supposedly the money behind his productions
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Anne Hathaway’s CottageAnne Hathaway’s Cottage
THE LOST YEARS
1583-1592
Where in the world is William Shakespeare??
• Member and later part-owner of the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, later called the King’s Men
• Globe Theater built in 1599 by L.C.M. with Shakespeare as primary investor
• Burned down in 1613 during one of Shakespeare’s plays
Theatre CareerTheatre Career
The Rebuilt Globe Theater, LondonThe Rebuilt Globe Theater, London
The Globe TheaterThe Globe Theater
The PlaysThe Plays
38 plays firmly attributed to Shakespeare14 comedies10 histories10 tragedies4 romances
Possibly wrote three others Collaborated on several others
• 154 Sonnets• Numerous other poems• “Venus & Adonis” and “The Rape of
Lucre”
The PoetryThe Poetry
Shakespeare’s Language
• Shakespeare wrote in “Early Modern English.”• EME was not very different from “Modern English,” •Language of the people•Created his own words
Shakespeare’s Language
• A mix of old and very new• Rural and urban words/images• Understandable by the lowest peasant and the highest noble
DEATH
He died April 23, 1616Cause is unknownHistory says he drank too much wine and ate too many pickled herrings
He left his wife the second best bed in his will.
Burial• Buried in Holy Trinity Church• Curse on his grave to anyone who
moves his bones• Memorial stone in Poet’s Corner in
Westminster Abby
Elizabethan Theatrical
Conventions
A theatrical convention is a
suspension of reality.
No electricity
Women forbidden
to act on stage
Minimal, contemporary
costumes
Minimal scenery
These control the dialogue.These control the dialogue.
Audience loves to be scared.
Audience loves to be scared.
Soliloquy
Aside Types of speechTypes of speech
Blood
Use of supernatural
Use of disguises/
mistaken identity
Multiple marriages
(in comedies)
Multiple murders
(in tragedies)
Last speaker—highest in
rank (in tragedies)
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