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Shakespeare's life

   William Shakespeare (26 April 1564 (baptised) – 23 April 1616) 

was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the 

greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-

eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and 

the "Bard of Avon". His surviving works, including some 

collaborations, consist of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long 

narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been 

translated into every major living language and are performed 

more often than those of any other playwright.

   Shakespeare was born and brought up in Stratford-upon-Avon. 

At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had 

three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Between 

1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in London as an 

actor, writer, and part owner of a playing company called the 

Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men. He 

appears to have retired to Stratford around 1613 at age 49, 

where he died three years later.

Antony and Cleopatra   (1606-1607)

The story of Mark Antony, Roman military leader 

and triumvir, who is madly in love with Cleopatra, 

Queen of Egypt.

"My salad days, when I was green in judgment." - 

(Act I, Scene V)

Coriolanus   (1607-1608)

The last of Shakespeare's great political tragedies, 

chronicling the life of the mighty warrior Caius 

Marcius Coriolanus.

"Nature teaches beasts to know their friend." - (Act 

II, Scene I)

Hamlet (1600-1601)

Since its first recorded production, Hamlet has 

engrossed playgoers, thrilled readers, and 

challenged actors more so than any other play in 

the Western canon. No other single work of fiction 

has produced more commonly used expressions.

"To be, or not to be: that is the question." - (Act III, 

Scene I)

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