Behind Shakespeare's life

Hey there my Shakespearean Lovers 👋!

I decided that today I should give some background information about William Shakespeare. He was born in Stratford Upon Avon, Warwickshire on 1564 and died on 1616. He was and still is the most well-known dramatist, poet and actor ever known. He has created an approximate amount of thirty-eight plays, one hundred and fifty four sonnets, a couple of narrative poems and other verses.

Shakespeare and his wife, Anne Hathaway

In his lifetime, though Shakespeare was not praised in the way he now is, he was recognised as one of the best writers at that moment along with Geoffrey Chaucer, the writer of The Canterbury Tales.

When it comes to his private life Shakespeare, at the age of eighteen years old, married the twenty-six-year-old Anne Hathaway.

Later on they had two children, Hamnet and Judith. Unfortunately, at the short age of eleven years old Hamnet died. You might find familiar his name, since Shakespeare named one of his most well known masterpieces after his son, Hamlet. The name of the play slightly changes but it is indubitable there's a connection.  

Shakespeare is most often referred to as an Elizabethan playwright. When Elizabeth I became the Queen of England in 1558, she knew the importance of culture to thrive in her reign, so she ordered the constructions of theatres where playwrights could bring to life their works.

Christopher Marlowe

This is an important time because thanks to William Shakespeare and many others writers, they broke free of England's past style of theatre. 

In 1580, writers inspired their works in Christopher Marlowe’s style of writing. But Shakespeare broke with traditional schemes. In his own way, he combined all the features of the Elizabethan drama with the classic sources and added his traits. That made him a writer out of context and it seemed that he didn't belong to that time, especially for his way of writing, how he wrote about all topics and emotions and his contemporary language.

You won't definitely go to sleep without knowing something new today due to all the information that I have just given you. Don't forget to comment down below anything that you think I've missed and should have included. 👇

Yours Truly, 
The senior student 💕.