16th century playwrighting - By: David Tatham

He lived from 1564-1616 and was born in Stratford upon Avon. He spent much time with Lord Chamberlain's company. No paintings of Shakespeare were painted during his lifetime.

Shakespeare was an English play writer and poet and lived from 1564 to 1616.He was born in Stratford-Avon-in Warwickshire and was baptized on 26th April 1564. It is thought that no paintings of Shakespeare were painted when he was alive so we can't be sure what he looked like, but we do know that he spent his acting career with Lord Chamberlain's Company.

His family:- Shakespeare married a woman in 1582 named Anne Hatheway who was a daughter of a farmer .In a year's time after their marriage they had a baby daughter, and then later in 1585 they had twins and all lived happily ever after.

His last 5 years BBC history says that Shakespeare spent the last five years of his life in Stratford, by now a wealthy man. He died on 23 April 1616 and was buried in Holy Trinity Church in Stratford. 'The First Folio' was the very first published collection of his works in 1623.

Shakespeare's plays:- Type of plays he wrote:-

The type of plays he did were comedy's, romance, tragedy, tragicomedy and history plays.

Comedys are a funny play which usually ends with a happy ending. Tragedy always has a death or two in. A revenge tragedy such as Titus Andronicus, one kill happens and then sets off into a killing chain. Romance storys such as Romeo and Juliet are mainly about love and companionship. Tragic comedy is a play that involves bad luck and unfortunate events but is still funny because its comedy. History plays are the type of plays based on English kings and there life and troubles.

Famous plays William Shakespeare wrote:- Some of his most famous plays are Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer's Night's Dream, King Henry V, King Lear, Macbeth , Othello and Antony and Cleopatra.

A Midsummer's Night's Dream:- A Midsummer's night dream is a play about two fairies and the fairy king and queen fall out and the queen gets given a boy from her friend to look after and Oberon the king or fairies is jealous and get his little helper to put the juice from a flour into her eyes and makes her fall in love with a worker named bottom who's been given a head of a donkeys to try and humiliate her ... There is much written about this world renowned playwright and his extremely clever use of words. We shall be continuing to delve into the life history of Shakespeare in future articles.

About the Author

Art dealer and advisor for over 25 years, David Tatham has built up an enviable reputation for his knowledge of today's art market. Work for sale by Lowry, David Shepherd and Russell Flint can be viewed at http://www.davidshepherd.com

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