Shakespeare's Life
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Shakespeare's Life
When was Shakespeare born?
Shakespeare was baptized at Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon, on 26 April 1564. At that time, the Prayer Book instructed parents not to delay the baptism of their child beyond the Sunday following birth. In 1564, 26 April fell on a Wednesday, making it unlikely that Shakespeare was born before the previous Sunday, 23 April. When he died, on 23 April 1616, Shakespeare was said to have been in his fifty-third year (i.e. he was fifty-two), which would have been impossible if he was born on or after 24 April. Given that three days would be a reasonable interval between birth and baptism, 23 April has therefore come to be celebrated as his birthday.
When did Shakespeare die, from what did he die, and where was he buried?
Shakespeare's burial is recorded in Stratford's parish register as having taken place on 25 April 1616. On his monument, inside Stratford's parish church, we read that he died on 23 April. His gravestone, below the monument, does not bear his name, but was believed to be Shakespeare's from at least 1656, and is the first in a row which commemorates other members of his family. We do not know the cause of Shakespeare's death. He made his will on 25 March, almost a month before he died, in which he describes himself as 'in perfect health & memoir, god be praysed '. However, this was a conventional phrase and does not necessarily mean he was not already experiencing symptoms of an illness which later proved fatal. Moreover, his will of 25 March is, apparently, a re-drafting of one made in the January before, suggesting he may have been ill over an even longer period. What this illness may have been, however, we just do not know.
These are some of him plays :
• Hamlet
• The Taming of the Shrew
• A Midsummer Night's Dream
• Romeo and Juliet
• The Merchant of Venice
• Henry IV, Part One
• Henry V
• Much Ado About Nothing
• As You Like It
• Julius Caesar
• Twelfth Night
• Measure for Measure
• Othello
• King Lear
• Macbeth
• The Winter's Tale
• The Tempest
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