Blog homework 6.6.14
William Shakespeare
This week we visited The Globe Theatre and we had a taste of
what an Elizabethan theatre would be like. In preparation for the plays we will
be writing this half term, please can you find out about William Shakespeare.
Once you have done some research write a short information report including
details about his life and the plays he wrote. Remember to use your own words
when writing your report. I look forward to sharing your research with the
class.
William Shakespeare
ReplyDeleteWilliam Shakespeare was born in Stratford.A couple days later he was baptised on the 26 April 1564.He got married at 18 to Anne Hathaway on the November 28 1582.
In 1593 to 1594 Shakespeare had written his first two poems "Venus and Adonis" and "The rape of Lucrece".After a few years he bought a big house in Stratford.He died at age 52 on 23 April 1616.
that's really good Annabella
DeleteAbout William Shakespeare
ReplyDeleteWilliam Shakespeare was born on April 23,1564 and his birth place was Stratford-Upon-Avon. His parents were John and Mary Shakespeare and William Shakespeare had seven brothers and sister. He wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets. His grandfathers name was Richard and he owned a farm. The shortest play he wrote was 1770 lines long. He wrote plays for the globe theatre. He was good friends with queen Elizabeth 1. He lived in England during the renaissance. His house was called New palace. He died on April 23,1616.
William Shakespeare
ReplyDeleteWilliam Shakespeare was born in stratford 1564 and died in the 23rd April 1616. A couple of days later Shakespeare was baptised. When he was 18 he got married to a person called Anne Hathway. Shakespeare died at the age of 52 , cociding with st Geaorge day. In 1592 he was working in London as an actor and dramatist. Bettween 1590 and 1613 Shakespeare wrote at 37plays , most of his plays were very succesful.
Shakespeare plays were comedies, histories and tragedies.His 17 comedies included A middsummernight dream and merry wives of windsor. Among his histories were Henry V and Richard III . The most famous of his tragedies are Hamlet, othello and king lear. Shakespeare best known poems are the sinnets . In 1613 Shakespeare returned back home , 3 years later he died .
Willam Shakespeare
ReplyDeleteWillam Shakespeare was born in 26 April 1564.At the early life Willam Shakespeare was son of John Shakespeare.He was famous write and playscript about Halmet,Macbeth,Romeo and Juliet and King Lear.As he was an English poet, playwright and actor, 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 extant works, including some collaborations, consist of about 38 plays, sonnets, two long narrative poems.Also there were few other verses, the authorship of some of which is uncertain. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.At the age 18,he was married his wife Anne Hathaway and has 3 childrens called Susanna,the twins Hamnet and Judith.
As Shakespeare got old he died in 23 April 1616 at the age 52.The Victorians worshipped Shakespeare with a reverence that George Bernard Shaw called "bardolatry".
About William Shake speare,
ReplyDeleteWilliam Shake speare was the worlds greatest writers. He wrote plays for the thearte .He wrote poetry too. william borned in staford upon avon , in 1564. william died on 23 April 1616 when age of 52. Williams fathers name was john shake speare.William shake speares mothers name was mary arden.Shake speare married anne hathway .
williams son died in 11 years. shake speare lived more than 400 years ago. Yet people still go to see his play . Shake speares plays are performed all over the world.
William Shakespeare
ReplyDeleteWilliam Shakespeare was born on April 23,1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. He was married to Anne Hathaway and had 3 children. The first child was called Susanna, born six months after the wedding of her parents. She was christened on, May 26, 1583 and twins arrived in January, 1585. He was a friend of Queen Elizabeth I.
Shakespeare was famous for writing scripts for the theatre. He wrote 37 plays and also wrote poetry. He was one of the world's greatest writers. Famous plays that he wrote include Hamlet, Macbeth and Midsummer Night's Dream.
William Shakespeare died aged 52 because of a fever on April 23,1616.
William Shakespeare was born in stratford-upon Avon in Warwickshire and saw baptised a few days latter on 26 April 1564.His father, John Shakespeare,was a glove & wool merchant and his mother, marry Arden,was the daughter of well-to-do landowner from wilmcote,south Warwickshire.
ReplyDeleteThe next documented event in Shakespeare's life is his marriage at the age of 18 to Anne Hathaway,the daughter of a local farmer,on November 28 1582,
He died on April 23 1616.
Shakespeare was a play writer. He was born 23rd of April 1569 and died 23rd of April 1616 at the age of 52 because of a horrendous fever. His dad-John Shakespeare was a glove maker and his mum (Mary Arden) her father was an expert farmer.
ReplyDeleteHe was born on his birthday coinciding of the day of England's patron saint. William also had several siblings including Joan and Joan II. He had a wife (Anne Hathaway) who was pregnant six months after the wedding. Anne was 26 and William was 18 when they married. He wrote 37 plays and 3 poems between 1590-1613. Most of his plays worked well including the midsummer night dream, Macbeth,Hamlet, Richard III and Henry V. His first theater was put on fire by a special effect difficulty. After writing lots of plays and poems, William Shakespeare returned home in 1613 and died 3 years later in 1616. Seven years later in 1623 his wife Anne Hathaway died sadly.
William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright and actor, 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". Wikipedia
ReplyDeleteBorn: 1564, Stratford-upon-Avon
Died: April 23, 1616, Stratford-upon-Avon
Who was William Shakespeare?
ReplyDeleteWilliam Shakespeare is one of the world's greatest writers. He wrote plays for the theatre. He wrote poetry too.
Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, in England. Later he went to London, to be an actor. But he became famous for writing plays. His friends said he was the best writer of his time. Most people now say he was the best of all time.
Why is Shakespeare so famous?
Shakespeare lived more than 400 years ago. Yet people still go to see his plays.
Shakespeare plays are performed all over the world. Students study Shakespeare in school and at university. People write books about Shakespeare. There are Shakespeare theatres and Shakespeare festivals.
When did Shakespeare live?
William Shakespeare was born in 1564. He grew up in Tudor England in the time of Queen Elizabeth I.
He lived in exciting times. Francis Drake sailed around the world (1577-1580). Shakespeare was probably in London when the Spanish Armada sailed to attack England in 1588. He saw the coronation of King James I in 1603. 1605 was the year of the Gunpowder Plot and Guy Fawkes. Shakespeare died in 1616.
Actors in Shakespeare's day
In Shakespeare's time, there were no women actors. Women's parts were played by boys. For a time, child actors were more popular than grown-actors.
Actors wore the clothes of the day, with wigs and make up. Shakespeare is said to have played the Ghost in his play Hamlet.
Special effects
Plays had exciting special effects. There were ghosts, witches, loud bangs, flames and smoke, drums, and even cannons.
In 1613, during Shakespeare's play Henry VIII, a cannon set fire to the straw in the roof. The Globe burned down.
Shakespeare's plays
Shakespeare wrote comedies, stories with a happy ending. These plays often have people falling in love, wearing disguises, and generally getting mixed up. A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy with fairies and humans.
He wrote tragedies, stories with a sad ending. Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy, because the young lovers, Romeo and Juliet, both die.
Shakespeare's history plays are about real people, such as Julius Caesar, the Roman general, or the English kings Henry V and Richard III.
William Shakespeare was an English poet, play writer and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in English language. He is often called England’s national poet and the bard of Avon. He made lots of historic plays like Macbeth, Othello and Romeo and Juliet.
ReplyDeleteHe lived between 1564-1616, he married Anne Hathaway and they had three children. During his life he wrote thirty-seven plays and one hundred and fifty four sonnets. He was also an actor and performed in front of Queen Elizabeth the first and later king James the first.