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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
1564 – 1616
England’s greatest poet and dramatist, William Shakespeare, was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564 in the family of a glove-maker, and his mother was the daughter of a farmer. William went to a grammar school in Stratford and had quite a good education. There he learned to love reading. He was not yet 19 when he married Anne Hathaway, a farmer’s daughter some years older than himself. They had three children – Susanna, Judith, and Hamnet. Judith and Hamnet were twins.
Not much is known about what Shakespeare did in the years just after his marriage. Some accounts say that he taught at school for a while. Some accounts say that he worked for his father. In 1587 Shakespeare went to work in London, leaving Anne and the children at home. He appeared in London as an actor and a writer of plays. His plays were written in poetry.
In1592 bubonic plague, a terrible disease swept over London. For about two years al London theatres were closed. During that time Shakespeare began to write poems. Besides writing some long poems, he wrote more than 100 sonnets.
Shakespeare wrote some of his plays about early kings of England. Henry V and RichardШ are two ofthese plays. They helped the English people to understand the history of their own plays.Besides historical plays Shakespeare wrote both comedies and tragedies. Romeo and Juliet is one of the most famous of his tragedies. Other tragedies are Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello. Among his comedies are A Midsummer Night Dream, The Taming of the Shrew, and The Merchant of Venice.
At the height of his success Shakespeare retuned to Srtratsford. There he died in 1616. He was buried in Stratford-upon-Avon. Thousands of people visit his birthplace and grave each year.
Vocabulary
gloves - перчатки
besides – кроме того
play - пьеса
except – за исключением
get married – жениться, выйти замуж
merchant – купец
accounts - счета
birthplace – место рождения
grave - могила
disease - болезнь
twins - близнецы
act - играть
earn - зарабатывать
for a while – на время
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