Done by: David Li

• Son of John and Mary Shakespeare• Baptized on 26 April 1564 and died on 23

April 1616• Married to Anne Hathaway and had three

children: Susanna, Hamnet and Judith• A well-known playwright with a high social

status

• Educated at King's New School in Stratford

• Left school at an early age• Become his father’s assistant in his shop

• Inspired by the nature and other famous playwrights

• His plays were well received and became a rich man

• The famous plays includes “Romeo and Juliet”, and “Hamlet”

• The age of great poetry and drama• People believed in astrology, but science

and medicine progressing very fast• During the Elizabethan age• Affected by Renaissance

• His plays reflected the difference between the classes of people.

• Often about famous people.

• It is very unlikely to change your social status

• Education was no sufficient to improve it• A system of hierarchy

• Had no roof, no lighting.• Had seats at higher level• Had a trapdoor down the stage and a

back stage.• No female actors

• Actors could move freely.• Plays that benefit:The ghost in “Hamlet” could disappear as and when.• Trapdoors in the ceiling enables actors to

“fly” using a rope

• The rebirth of learning• Increased interest in art and learning of

ancient Greece and Rome• End of the Middle Age• Began in Italy

• Greater knowledge of ancient science and belief

• Scholars began doubting the religious beliefs

• Shakespeare “Julius Caesar” was based on the roman general