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William Shakespeare A Man of Words
Table of Contents • Who is William Shakespeare? • Shakespeare’s Life Work • Shakespeare’s Most Reproduced Works • Later Years and Death
Who is William Shakespeare? Born in April of 1954 Shakespeare was.. *The third child born of eight *A husband *A father of three *An actor *A playwright *Part owner of a playing company, (Lord Chamberlain’s Men
Shakespeare’s Lost Years After the birth of his twins there are few historical traces of Shakespeare until he’s mentioned as part of a London Theatre scene in 1952.
Shakespeare’s Life Work • Romeo and Juliet Coriolanus • Titus Andronicus • Timon of Athens • Julius Caesar • Macbeth • Hamlet • Roils and Cressida • King Lear • Othello • Antony and Cleopatra • Cymbeline • Venus and Adonis • The Rape of Lucrece • The Passionate Pilgrim • The Phoenix and the Turtle • A Lover’s Complaining • Love’s Labour’s Won • The History of Cardenio • Arden of Faversham • The Birth of Merlin • Edward III • Locrine • The London Prodigal • The Puritan • The Second Maiden’s Tragedy • Sir John Oldcastle • Thomas Lord Cromwell • A Yorkshire Tragedy • All’s Well That Ends Well • As You Like It • The Comedy of Errors • Love’s Labour’s Lost • Measure for Measure • The Merchant of Venice • The Merry Wives of Windsor • A Midsummer Night’s Dream • Much Ado About Nothing • Pericles, Prince of Tyre • The Taming of the Shrew The Tempest • Twelfth Night • The Two Gentlemen of Verona • The Two Noble Kinsmen • The Winter’s Tale • King John Richard II • Henry IV, Parts 1&2 • Henry V • Henry VI, Parts 1-3 • Richard III
His Work on Paper and Stage Most Reproduced Works
Most Reproduced Works Hamlet King Lear Othello Henry V Macbeth Romeo and Juliet • Romeo & Juliet (1968) • West Side Story (1961) His Work on Paper and Stage
Later Years and Death • Believed to have retired some years before his death in Stratford • Last work dated in 1613 • Died April 23rd, 1616 • John Fletcher • Shakespeare’s processor as writer at The Lord Chamberlain’s Men and thought to be co-writer of his last three works.
References Text & Music references Picture &Movie Trailer references • www.william-shakespeare.info/ • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fletcher • Fine Music Vol. 1 by William Slotzman • brunswick.k12.me.us • bookstakeyouplaces.wordpress.com • chestofbooks.com • littrip.wikispaces.com • 4umi.com • guardian.co.uk • en.wikipedia.org • examiner.com • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LOfgaSvKz8 (1968) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rzj8T9QxEeQ