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William Shakespeare
A&E Biography
1) What nickname was he known by? ___The Bard___ .
2) When was he born?
___1564 on St George’s Day [23rd of April] __
3) Where was he born? ____Stratford upon Avon____
4) When did an Elizabethan baptism occur?
____3 days after birth____
5) During the year in which he was born, what tragedy struck?
___The Plague___
6) William Shakespeare was the third child and the first son to John and Mary. What was his father’s
profession?
___a Glover; the High Baliff of Stratford___
7) Why was William allowed to go to school? ___because of his father’s position in the town____
8) Did William attend college? ___No___
9) Shakespeare’s childhood was known as the “early years” or the “_The Lost Years_ .”
10) At what age did William stop going to school? __at the age of 14 or 15 __
11) Who did he marry?
__Anne Hathaway__ Why did he marry her? __she was pregnant__
12) How many children did he have?
13) What were their names?
__3__
___Suzanna, Hamnet, Judith___
14) Where did Shakespeare go in the 1580’s?
___London___
15) What works allowed us to get to know the real Shakespeare?
16) Why was it so expensive for him to write?
___His Sonnets___
___Paper, Ink, Tapers (candles), Lamps___
17) At its height in 1590, how many people was the plague killing in a week? __1000 ___
18) As a result of the plague what was forced to close? ___the theaters___
19) What happened to the Shakespeare family in August 1596? __their son, Hamnet died__
20) What was so significant about this event? ___he was the only son, leaving no heir to the
family___
21) What year did the Globe theater burn down? __1613__
During which play?
__Henry VIII__
22) When did Shakespeare die? __on his birthday in 1616 at the age of 52__
23) Who put Shakespeare’s plays together?
___Friends and fellow actors, esp. Ben Jonson _____
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