William Shakespeare

By Asier Urrutia Torres

Early Life• He was born about

the 26th of April, 1564, in Stratford-upon-Avon.

He was one of 8 brothers and sisters.

He got married at the age of 18 with his wife Anne.

Education• He studied at King

Edward VI School in Stratford but he left it at the age of 14. He didn´t have university education.

Early Career• He moved from

Stratford to London to be an actor and playwrigth.

He bougth a theatre named the Globe Theatre and became a rich bussinesman but he also was writing plays and poems

Achievements• He´s considerated the

best playwright of the history.

His plays and poems are studied in every university in the world.

He wrote over 37 plays, 154 sonnets and 4 lyric plays.

Death• He died on the 23rd

of April, 1616, in Stratford-upon-Avon.

His tomb is in the Church of the Holy Trinity

Miguel de Cervantes died on the same year.

List of most famous plays

• Macbeth.• Hamlet.• Othello.• King Lear.• Romeo and Juliet.• A midsummer night

dream.• The Taming of the

Shrew.

Hamlet• Prince Hamlet mourns

both his father's death and his mother, Queen Gertrude's remarriage to Claudius. The ghost of Hamlet's father appears to him and tells him that Claudius has poisoned him. Hamlet swears revenge.

Romeo and Juliet• Romeo Montague and

Juliet Capulet are teenagers who fall deeply in love but their families are bitter enemies. Themes running through the play address the issues of the consequences of immature blind passion, hatred and prejudice.

Othello• Othello is a highly

esteemed general in the service of Venice. Iago is Othello's ambitious friend and ensign.

However, he promotes the Florentine Michael Cassio to the position of personal lieutenant and Iago is deadly jealous.

Iago begins an evil and malicious campaign against the hero.

THE END