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HIS FAMILYBACKGROUND

His Father (John)

His father was a glove makerand wool merchant who alsoheld a number of public officesover 20 years, some roles inwhich he participated in weregoing from being an ale-taster

to a alderman to being a bailiffin Stratford, a market centre forthe country of Warwickshire inthe rural heartland of England.

From about 1577, when Williamwas 13, John Shakespearesuffered from financial loss andceased to play in a part in localgovernment. His situationimproved from 1596 till death in1601.

His Mother (Mary)

Mary, also known as Nee Ardenwas the daughter of a well-to-dolandowner in a lesser branch ofan aristocratic family, the namein which they gave themselvesto being nearby Forest of Arden.only the date of Marys burialwas recorded. (9th September1608)

His siblings.

Shakespeare was the third ofeight children, however, the twochildren who were born beforehim died, these being Joan who

THEE OLDEE SHAKESPEAREAN TIMES.

William Shakespeare was believed to have been born in theShakespeare family home in Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, England in the year 1564, although his actual date ofbirth cannot be substantiated as at this time in Englandbirths were not formally registered and Birth Certificateswere not produced, his birth date can be guessed as due tothe high mortality rate of infants, it was the custom ofElizabethan parents to have their children baptised three

days after their birth and there is a record of William'sbaptism in the register of the Holy Trinity Parish Church inStratford dated 26th April 1564.

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The Globe Theatre.

The Globe Theatre opened in 1599 with a production of "As You Like It", In 1613. Throughoutthe play; Henry VIII, a canon went off, marking the entrance of the king, unfortunately a strayspark set the thatch roof aflame and within one hour, the whole theatre was destroyed.

Reconstruction of the Globe began immediately; this was completed in June 1614.Performances continued until 1642, when the Puritans, who found theatre vulgar andintolerable, shut all theatres down. Two years later the Globe was leveled to make way for

tenement dwellings.

Below: Exterior of the Globe Theatre Below: Interior of the Globe Theatre

Living Conditions.

In the 1500s it was about 150-200 per 1000live births and about 50% of children were

dead by the age of 15. Cities tended to bethe least healthy, with highly insanitaryconditions and people living in cramped,confined spaces. In London, the death rateexceeded the birth rate, so there had to beconstant in-migration. On average, it wasexpected for you to live up to any agebetween 30 and 40 years.

People died from various diseases/infections,such as: smallpox, plague, dysentery,diphtheria, TB, scarlet fever, whooping

cough, influenza, and pneumonia and seenas no cures or vaccinations had been found,no-one was immune. New diseases alsoensured that populations devastated by theBlack Death of the fourteenth century onlyslowly recovered.

Classes/Classification.

In the 1500s in Britain, there was 5 differentclasses, in order of money, these being:

Gentlemen, Citizens, Yeomen, Laborers andpaupers, all of which continued until the1750s. Gentlemen being the most-well offand Paupers being poor, or the peopleearning peanuts.

The way women were treated.

Women were abused and had no rights.Theyworked as hard as a man, as a peasant andtook care of the house, cooked, fed animals,

made candles, took care of children, doingwhat they could to survive.

Nobel women weren't treated much better.Their marriages were arranged to make surethat their family could gain more power orwealth.


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The idea of knights being out to save the damsel in distress is inaccurate, knights were enforcers

for the king/lord that they worked for. It got so bad that the church came in and made them take

an oath that they would not harm women and children.

King Edward I and his nobles had a practice in Scotland, taking the bride from her wedding for thefirst night of marriage. If a woman was too much trouble she was sent to a nunnery or put in exile

There was a punishment called the scolds bridle that was made of metal and fit into the mouthand then buckled in the back. Women were forced to wear this and they were also dunked inwater in a special chair. Women were also raped and forced in slavery in times of war. Life for

women was not good.

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was born in 1558 and passed away in 1569 and Margaret who was born in 1562, died 1563, aged15 months. His other siblings were: Gilbert (born 1566, haberdasher, died 1612); Joan (born 1569married William Hart, died 1646.); Anne (born 1571, died 1579); Richard (born 1574, occupationunknown, died 1613.); and Edmund (born 1580, "player," died 1607.)

His wife and his children.

Anne Hathaway married William Shakespeare in

November 1582 she was 26, he was just 18. AnnaHathaway, his wife was born in 1555 and died 6thAugust 1623. Both William and her had threechildren; two daughters and one son. Six monthsafter their marriage, their first daughter was born,named Susanna and then twins named Hamnet and

Judith were born not long after in 1585. Hamnet diedat the age of 11. Above: Anne Hathaway

Shakespeares move to London.

Between 1585 and 1592, Shakespeare has been saidto have moved from Stratford to London, joining acompany of actors as a performer and playwright,beginning his theatrical works.

The plague broke out in London in 1593, resulting inthe theatres closing, so Shakespeare then turned towriting poetry as opposed to writing plays/scripts.

Above: His 3 children.

His body of work.

In his time, Shakespeare was the most popularplaywright of London, his canon includes 38 plays,154 sonnets, and 2 narrative poems.

His plays usually fall in to our categories, thesebeing: Pre-1594 ( Richard III, The Comedy ofErrors); 1594-1600 (Henry V, King Lear) andPost-1608 (Cymbeline, The tempest)

The first period has its roots in Roman and medievaldrama, The second period showed more growth instyle, and the construction becoming less labored.

The third period marks the great tragedies, and theprincipal works which would earn the Bard his fame

in later centuries and the fourth periodencompasses romantic tragicomedy.Shakespeare at the end of his career seemedpreoccupied with themes of redemption.

Above: Some books.

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