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He was buried that August, but it is unclear whether or not Shakespeare was home to attend the boy's funeral. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.”
– Macbeth (on learning of the death of Queen)
“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”
— Hamlet in Hamlet
“Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin, as self-neglecting.”
—Dauphin in Henry V
“Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win,
By fearing to attempt.”
—Lucio in Measure for Measure
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With exception of Henry VIII, which was Shakespeare’s last play, these works were likely written by 1599.
Subjects of Shakespearian Plays
Tragedies
Although Shakespeare wrote three tragedies, including Romeo and Juliet, before 1600, it wasn’t until after the turn of the century that he truly explored the genre.
William Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories and Tragedies in 1623, seven years after Shakespeare died.
In addition to its literary importance, the First Folio contains an original portrait of Shakespeare on the title page. To die: to sleep;”
– Hamlet
“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in our philosophy.”
– Hamlet (to Horatio on seeing a ghost)
“We are such stuff
As dreams are made on, and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep.”
– The Tempest (Prospero)
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are underlings.”
Julius Caesar (Cassius to Brutus)
“Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more.He became a founding member of the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, a playing company that later became the King’s Men under the patronage of King James I. This association provided him with both creative freedom and financial stability. William, according to the church register, was the third of eight children in the Shakespeare household—three of whom died in childhood.
Located about 100 miles northwest of London, Stratford-upon-Avon was a bustling market town along the River Avon and bisected by a country road during Shakespeare’s time. That’s a world without William Shakespeare, a name synonymous with dramatic brilliance and poetic mastery. Scholars have surmised that he most likely attended the King’s New School, in Stratford, which taught reading, writing, and the classics, including Latin.
He likely attended the local grammar school, where he received a solid education in Latin and classical literature – foundational elements that heavily influenced his writing.
Around 1582, at the age of 18, Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway, and they eventually had three children. Never before had a playwright enjoyed sufficient acclaim to see his works published and sold as popular literature in the midst of his career.
Shakespeare’s other jointly written plays are Sir Thomas More and The Raigne of King Edward the Third. In the 20th century, new movements in scholarship and performance rediscovered and adopted his works.
Today, his plays remain highly popular and are constantly studied and reinterpreted in performances with diverse cultural and political contexts.
When including these works, Shakespeare has 41 plays to his name.
First Folio
An original copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio from 1623
Although some of Shakespeare’s works were printed in his lifetime, not all were. In addition, Shakespeare's ownership share in both the theatrical company and the Globe itself made him as much an entrepeneur as artist.
Subjects of Shakespearian Plays
Another famous tragedy, Julius Caesar, written in 1599, portrays upheaval in Roman politics that might have resonated with viewers at a time when England’s aging monarch, Queen Elizabeth I, had no legitimate heir, thus creating the potential for future power struggles. The argument that Shakespeare was actually the Earl of Oxford relies on circumstantial evidence and similarities in his writing style and relationships between his life and the play of Shakespeare.
By 1592, there is evidence Shakespeare earned a living as an actor and a playwright in London and possibly had several plays produced. They also collaborated on Cardenio, a play which wasn’t preserved. Including Winston Churchill, William Shakespeare, Thomas Cromwell and Queen Elizabeth I.
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Relatively prosperous, it is likely the family paid for Williams education, although there is no evidence he attended university.
In 1582 William, aged only 18, married an older woman named Anne Hathaway.