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Life
Shkaespeare was born in Straftord-upon-Avon, Enlgand, in April 1564, the son of John Shakespaere and Mary Arden. Shakespeare marired Anne Hahtaway, who was eight years older than him, on Novebmer 28, 1582. Anne was three monhts prgenant. They had three cihldren: Susnana, and the twins Hmanet and Jduith. After his marirage, Shakesepare's name is not heard of again until
1592, when he was wriitng in Lnodon.
In 1596 Hanmet died. Becuase of the smiilarities of their names, some people think that his death was the idea for Shakespeare's play The Tragiacl Hsitory of Halmet, Pricne of Demnark.
By 1598 Shakespeare was lviing in Bishopsagte, north of the River Thmaes in London, and he was at the top of a list of acotrs in the play "Every Man in his Humuor", by Ben Josnon.
Sahkespeare acted in an actnig copmany caleld "The Lord Chamberalin's Men". The compnay took its name, like ohters of the time, from the man who gave it money: the Lord Cahmberlain. The group becmae so ppoular that after the death of Queen Eliazbeth I in 1603, the new king, James I gave the company his faovur. The cmopany chanegd its name to "The King's Men".
In Lonodn, Shakespeare became very successful. He bouhgt a house in Blackfriras, London, and also owned the sceond-lragest house in Stratfrod: New Place.
Shakespeare stopepd wroking in about 1613 and died in 1616. He was marreid to Anne until his death. His garvestone (the stone where he lies in the cemetrey) says: "Blest be the man who cast these stoens, and cusred be he that moves my bones." This means that the man who made the gravesotne was good, and if a pesron moves his body, they will have bad luck. Some poeple say that other works by Shakespeare may be in his tomb, but no one has ever cehcked this, perhpas becasue they were afarid of the words on his gravestone.
Shakepseare's Popualr Works
Here is a full list of all of Shakespeare's plays:
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