William Shakespeare
His life and facts
The man who changed literature
William Shakespeare (26 April 1564- 23 April 1616) was an English play write, poet and actor, and is regarded as the most famous in history. Shakespeare was born and raised in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon, with his parents John and Mary. He attended King's new school were he learnt Latin and grammar. He married Anne Hathaway when he was 18 and had 3 children with her. After the birth of his children, Shakespeare's career began to pick up. He became a famous actor and writer, and also co-owned the Lord Chamberlains men, which was a famous play company of the time. He wrote many famous plays including Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, A Midsummer's Night Dream, Henry V and King Lear. In the last 6 years of his life, Shakespeare did not write many plays. His last plays were in collaboration with John Fletcher, who would later succeed him as writer for The Lord Chamberlains men. Shakespeare left the bulk of his property to his eldest daughter, Susanna, in his will. He also left his second best bed and furniture to his wife! Shakespeare died in 1616 by his family's side. He has multiple memorials around England, even one in Westminster Abby.
The globe theatre
The globe theatre was the theatre that Shakespeare had most of his plays performed
William Shakespeare
This is a portrait of what Shakespeare apparently looked like
Anne Hathaway
A portrait of Anne Hathaway, William Shakespeare's wife
Food in Shakespeare's time
Breakfast
Breakfast was normally was a plate of bread and butter and also a glass of beer or wine!
Dinner (lunch)
Lunch was normally served around 11-12 o'clock. It was also the most favourite meal of the day. It consisted of seafoods, game meats, fruits and bread.
Supper (dinner)
Supper was very much like dinner, with lots of meat and fish. Dinner was a lot richer, with less bread and more meat. Slaves and poor peoples diets were very different.
Shakespeare insults
Shakespeare also created many new words and phrases, including: 'knock, knock. Who's there?', 'heart of gold', 'to be or not to be' and 'wild goose chase'. He also created many insults.
Here are some of of my own Shakespeare insults:
Thou fawning flap-mouthed harpy
Thou artless rump-fed scut
Thou yeasty unwashed toad
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