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The Life of a Great Playwright and Poet

he attended this facility to better his education, but there have never been records found stating that William was ever a pupil at this specific school house (Mr. Shakespeare and the Internet). In November of 1582, the Shakespeares began to notice their son William’s relationship with Anne Hathaway. She was the eldest daughter of Richard Hathaway. On the day of November 28, 1582, William and Anne were married. The ceremony was performed by Bishop Worcester.(Mr. Shakespeare and the Internet) At the time of their marriage Anne, age twenty-six, was pregnant with eighteen-year-old William’s child (Honan 73).Their first child was born on May 23, 1583. It was a girl whom they named Susanna. The next pregnancy was a great blessing, because instead of one child the Shakespeares bore twins. The twins, Hamnet and Judith, were born in the year 1585. Unfortunately, Hamnet was a sickly little boy and perished a couple of years afterward (Mr. Shakespeare and the Internet).After the twins were born, there is no real record of what Shakespeare did or where he was until a complaint was filed against him in 1592. “The most commonly told story about Shakespeare leaving Stratford has it that he had to leave to escape prosecution for poaching deer on the lands of Sir Thomas Lucy, and that later he revenged himself on Lucy in The Merry Wives of Windsor who he portrayed as Justice Shallow.”(Mr. Shakespeare and the Internet)In 1592 William participated in Robert Greene’s Groats-worth of Witte. This was said to be Shakespeare’s break into theater, and because of it Greene grew jealous of William’s popularity. A few reasons Greene became jealous are William became well known among the London theaters, he became known as a Jack-of-all-trades, and he was a well known poet (Mr. Shakespeare and the Internet).From these great accomplishments his fame grew. This opened him to opportunities that he had never been ...

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