William Shakespeare (BR15)

William Shakespeare. Born April 1564, at Stratfford-upon-Avon. Died April 1616. Married Anne Hatherway: two daughters, one son. Actor, poet, famous playwright. Wrote nearly forty plays. But what was he like as a man? What did he think about when he rode into London for the first time... or when he was writing his plays Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet... or when his only son died?


It was like autobiography of Shakespeare. I was the most surprised at the fact that he got married when he was 18 years old. I thought he was so intelligent, so he was popular with women. I want to try his works during this summer vacation.


Bassett, Jennifer. (1993). William Shakespeare. Oxford: Oxford University Press.