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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE By LUCIA TOSCANO 1^ F Liceo Linguistico
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
By LUCIA TOSCANO 1^ F Liceo Linguistico
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SHAKESPEARE
Life
Poems
Studies
In the world
LIFE William Shakespeare was
born in 1564.
He lived in Stratford-
upon-Avon in England.
He married Anne
Hathaway when he was
18. She was eight years
older than him. They had
three children.
ANNE
HATHAWAY
Shakespeare studied Latin and Greek at school. He never went to university but in 1592 he went to London to work as an actor and playwright. He was also a businessman and bought several houses in Stratford. When he lived in London he was a member of a theatre company called the Lord Chamberlain’s Men. He died a rich man in 1616.
STUDIES and JOBS
IN THE WORLD
Many people think that
Shakespeare is the greatest
writer in English language
and the most famous
playwright in the world.
POEMS
Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets
and 38 plays like
-HAMLET
-MACBETH
-ROMEO AND JULIET
THE OLD
GLOBE
THE NEW
GLOBE
THE OLD GLOBE
In 1599 the Lord Chamberlain’s
Men built a theatre called ‘THE
GLOBE’.
The globe was 30m in diameter and
made of wood. The stage was 1.5
high and in front of it was the pit,
an open area where about 700
spectators could stand. The walls of
the theatre contained three levels
with seats for about 2000
spectators.
STAGE
WALL
PIT
3
2
1
THE NEW GLOBE
In 1613 there was a at
the theatre during a play and
unfortunately the theatre was
completely destroyed. The
Globe was rebuilt the next
year but in 1644 it was
demolished.
However, that was not the end
of the Globe Theatre.
The American film director Sam
Wanamaker, had the ambition to
rebuilt the Globe Theatre. Many
people contributed money to
Wanamaker’s project and in 1997
Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre
reopened, 200 meters from the
original site. It is smaller than the
original building with room for about
1800 spectators but from May to
October you can watch one of
Shakespeare’s plays just like it was
performed 400 years ago. SAM WANAMAKER
The end
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