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Created by Tyler Lee. '00 British Literature Project.

Proclaimed to be the greatest English play write of all time, William Shakespeare had a productive and distinguished life. Writing over thirty comedies, tragedies and histories, many acknowledged his greatness. His life was without scandals though. People often stole his plays and wrote in a few more lines. Some people believe a conspiracy that William Shakespeare was a group of sixteen writers, composing their own material. Yet, beneath all this controversy, there would be no great tragedies to base our modern day society on, without the one and only William Shakespeare.
Biography
Name: William Shakespeare
Born: ~April 23-6, 1564
Died: ~April 23, 1616 (53)
Baptismal: Holy Trinity Church, Stratford
Spouse: Anne Hathwey
Children: Susanna (b.May 26,1583), Hamnet & Judith (twins, b. February 1-2, 1585)














  • Born near April 23, 1564. Third child of John and Mary Shakespeare.
  • Married Anne Hathwey on November 28, 1582. (Two daughters, Susanna and Judith, one son, Hamnet)
  • Name appears with his parent's names in a lawsuit in 1588.
  • Hamnet dies in 1596 at age 11.
  • Susanna married in 1607.
  • Mother died in 1608.
  • Judith married in February, 1616.
  • Revised his will six weeks later.
  • Died on April 23, 1616.
  • Between 1608-16 he wrote four plays.
  • His granddaughter, Elizabeth, died in 1670.















  • Plays

    Throughout his life, Shakespeare wrote over thirty plays in comedic, tragic, and historic forms. Below is a timeline of all his written plays.











    Play Timeline
    Year
    Comedies
    Tragedies
    Histories
    1591
    -
    -
    Henry VI, Part I
    1592
    Comedy of Errors
    -
    Henry VI, Part II
    1592
    Two Gentlemen of Verona
    -
    Henry VI, Part III
    1593
    Love's Labour's Lost
    Titus Andronicus
    Richard III
    1594
    -
    -
    King John
    1595
    Midsummer Night's Dream
    Romeo and Juliet
    Richard II
    1596
    Merchant of Venice
    -
    -
    1596
    Taming of the Shrew
    -
    -
    1597
    -
    -
    Henry IV, Part I
    1598
    Much Ado About Nothing
    -
    Henry IV, Part II
    1599
    As You Like It
    Julius Caesar
    -
    1599
    Merry Wives of Windsor
    -
    Henry V
    1601
    Twelfth Night
    Hamlet
    -
    1602
    Troilus and Cressida
    -
    -
    1602
    All's Well That Ends Well
    -
    -
    1604
    Measure for Measure
    Othello
    -
    1605
    -
    King Lear
    -
    1606
    -
    Macbeth
    -
    1607
    -
    Timon of Athens
    -
    1607
    -
    Anthony and Cleopatra
    -
    1608
    Pericles
    -
    -
    1609
    -
    Coriolanus
    -
    1610
    Cymbeline
    -
    -
    1611
    Winter's Tale
    -
    -
    1613
    -
    -
    Henry VIII
    Died: April 23, 1616
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