2013

William Shakespeare was born

in Stratford-upon-Avon, a small
country town. He lived on Henley
Street.
William Shakespeare 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 plays have been translated
into every major living language
and are performed more often
than those of any other
playwright.

THE SHAKESPEARE FAMILY TREE
John Shakespeare
married Mary in 1557
William Shakespeare
married Anne in 1582

Shakespeare died on the 23rd
April 1616 and left behind his
wife and two daughters.
Shakespeare was buried in the
chancel of the Holy Trinity
Church two days after his
death.
The epitaph carved into the
tombstone covering his grave
includes a curse against
moving his bones:


Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear,
To dig the dust enclosed here.
Blessed be the man that spares these
stones,
And cursed be he who moves my bones."

SHAKESPEARES INFLUENCE
William Shakespeare's
influence extends from theatre
to literature to present day
movies and to the English
language itself.

Shakespeare is the second
most quoted writer in the
history of the English-
speaking world after the
various writers of the Bible,
and many of his quotations
and neologisms have passed
into everyday usage in
English and other languages.

THE MYSTERIOUS SHAKESPEARE
The interesting thing
about Shakespeare is that
even though he was and
still is such a famous poet
and playwright, he remains
an enigma for some
reason. The starkest
example of this is the fact
that we don't know, exactly,
the date of his birth, only
the day he was baptised.
Even his name is
uncertain, being variously
spelled: Shakespeare,
Shaxpere, Shakepeare,
Shakspeare, Shaxberd,
Shak-speare and Shake-
speare.
In a poem by Ben Jonson, Shakespeare
is hailed as "not of an age, but for all
time.
Ben Jonson predicted that
Shakespeares talent will remain immortal
and he was right about that because even
nowadays we are still reading and
appreciating Shakespeares work.
THE ART OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Comedies
All's Well That Ends Well**
As You Like It
The Comedy of Errors
Cymbeline
Love's Labours Lost
Measure for Measure**
The Merry Wives of Windsor
The Merchant of Venice**
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Much Ado About Nothing
Pericles, Prince of Tyre *
Taming of the Shrew
The Tempest*
Troilus and Cressida
Twelfth Night
Two Gentlemen of Verona
The Winter's Tale*
The Two Noble Kinsmen*

Histories
Henry IV, part 1
Henry IV, part 2
Henry V
Henry VI, part 1
Henry VI, part 2
Henry VI, part 3
Henry VIII
King John
Richard II
Richard III


Tragedies
Antony and Cleopatra
Coriolanus
Hamlet
Julius Caesar
King Lear
Macbeth
Othello
Romeo and Juliet
Timon of Athens
Titus Andronicus
Troilus and Cressida **
Cymbeline*


Poems
The Sonnets
A Lover's Complaint
The Rape of Lucrece
Venus and Adonis
Funeral Elegy by
W.S.


Plays marked with an asterisk (*) are now
commonly referred to as the romances.
Plays marked with two asterisks (**) are
sometimes referred to as the problem plays.

The project was made by : Andrea Trif
Teacher : Rodica Tala