Historical+Analysis



=William Shakespeare= William Shakespere was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, on April 23, 1564. The Holy Trinity Church said that he was baptized there on April 26, 1564. William was born of John Shakespeare, a glover and leather merchant, and Mary Arden, a landed local heiress. William, according to the church register, was the third of eight children in the Shakespeare household, three of them died in childhood. The next documented event in Shakespeare's life is his marriage to Anne Hathaway on November 28, 1582. William was 18 at the time, and Anne was 26 and pregnant. Their first daughter, Susanna, was born on May 26, 1583. The couple later had twins, Hamnet and Judith, born February 2, 1585 and christened at Holy Trinity. Hamnet died in childhood at the age of 11, on August 11, 1596. William Shakespere died on March 25, 1616**.**

=Why are William Shakespeare plays still popular?= His plays are complicated, and written in what is now nearly a foreign language. But Shakespeare sure gets produced a lot. Hamlet alone has been mintioned at least 66 times in New York since 1761 an average of once every four years. Actors love the extreme emotion, subtle poetry, and major stage time the leading roles offer. But what’s in it for producers and directors, who could choose a 90 minute, four person comedy instead of taking on such high cost, huge cast, big-headache? Turns out the difficulties are a major attraction. Shakespeare is not simply the greatest playwright in the history of the English language but the greatest writer in the history of the English language. He makes all the things that make theater an essential art form. =Sources= "WilliamShakespeare-background." //Welcome to Urbana (OH) City Schools//. Web. 07 Oct. 2010. .

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