Shakespeare's Life Keilani Johnson 6th Period

THE GLOBE THEATER

"Born more than four and a half centeries ago, is generally acknowledged to be the greatest imaginative writer." "The Puritans – a powerful group of protestant Christians who had gained power - outlawed plays and theatres in 1642." "The original Globe theatre that Shakespeare part-owned was built on the Thames in 1599, a few hundred metres from the site of the new Globe."

1642 Christians had gained power and outlawed plays which forced Shakespeare's Globe Theater to get shut down. The original Globe theater was built on the Thames in 1599 and a few miles from the was the rebuilt version of the Globe theater. Lander, Jesse M. "Shakespeare, William." <i>World Book Advanced</i>. World Book, 2016. Web. 17 Nov. 2016.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Early Career

"By 1592, there is evidence William Shakespeare earned a living as an actor and a playwright in London and possibly had several plays produced...By the early 1590s, documents show William Shakespeare was a managing partner in the Lord Chamberlain's Men, an acting company in London." William Shakespeare had a very eventful Early life. This fits with what I know because I knew he had wrote plays in his earlier career. It also makes me wonder if he did anything that was not published. Biography.com . A&E Television Network, \, www.biography.com/people/william-shakespeare-9480323#related-video-gallery. Accessed 6 Dec. 2016.

WILLIAM'S WORKS

"Romeo and Juliet was probably among the early plays that Shakespeare wrote, between 1594 and 1596. By 1612, when he returned to Stratford to live the life of a prosperous retired gentlemen, Shakespeare had written thirty-seven plays including, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth."The play that started more of an awareness for Shakespeare was Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet being his more early written plays. By 1612, his retiring years, Shakespeare had written 37 plays.Anderson, Robert. "William Shakespeare's Life: A Genius from Stratford."Shakespeare had managed to write so many plays that were successful along his career. Most of his plays had a little something that most people enjoyed. Holt Literature & Language Arts: Mastering the California Standards: Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking , by G. Kylene Beers et al., Austin, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 2003, pp. 776-77.

SHAKESPEARE'S LATER YEARS/DEATH

"After Elizabeth died, Shakespeare's company was awarded a royal patent by King James, and became the King's Men." (In 1603) "The Two Noble Kinsmen was possibly the last play Shakespeare worked on. He worked on it with the Collaborator, John Fletcher." (1613). As Shakespeare's career came to an end he worked on what is known to be his last play The Two Noble Kinsmen. I would like to follow up on the people that Shakespeare worked with." There are no contemporary accounts for Shakespeare's death, though he made his will a month before, in which he says he is in "perfect health" He was known to have died on the 23rd of April, 1616. History.comstaff. "William Shakespeare." History.com , A+E Networks, 2011, www.history.com/topics/british-history/william-shakespeare. Accessed 5 Dec. 2016.BBC History . www.bbc.co.uk/timelines/z8k2p39.

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