WILLIAM SHAKESPREARE

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WILLIAM SHAKESPREARE

• By Lora Bogoeva
• Veronika Popova

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William Shakespeare

• Born in Statford Avon, April 23rd 1564
• Father John Shakespeare glover and leather
  merchant
• Mother- Mary Arden- landed local heiress
• William was the 3rd of eight children in the
  household

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Outline Of Life

• Left school at 15 and took a job
• Began his career with a London theatrical company
  in 1589
• After the theatres were closed because of The
  Plague he wrote a book length narrative poetry
  and sonnets

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The Globe Theatre

• Built in Shakespeares early period in 1599 by
  Cuthburt Burbage
• After some initial success, the outbreak of
  plague struck London and shuttered the theatre
• Once reopened in 1594 Shakespeare emerged as the
  power house of a revitalizing and extraordinary
  vibrant Elizabethan stage world
• 29th June the thatched roof was set on fire in
  a performance

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Language

• Most striking feature of his work
• Credited by the Oxford English dictionary with
  the introduction of nearly 3 000 words into the
  language
• His usage of language is why he is so relevant
  today, as he was in his own time

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Playwrights

• Between the early 1590s and the second decade of
  17th century he composed the most extraordinary
  works in the history of world drama
• In 1596 he temporary stopped writing because of
  personal tragedy
• His work includes histories, comedies, tragedies,
  and poetry

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The Histories

• He wrote 10 plays about English kings
• Several plays based upon Roman history
• The English history plays reflected the
  nationalism of England under Queen Elizabeth

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History Examples

• King Henry IV Part 1 and 2
• King Henry V
• King Henry VI Part 1, 2 and 3
• King Henry VIII
• King John
• Richard II
• Richard III

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The Comedies

• Subcategories
• Tragicomedies
• Romantic comedies
• Comedies of justice
• Entertaining comedies

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Comedies Examples

• All's Well That Ends Well
• As You Like ItComedy of ErrorsCymbelineLov
  e's Labour's Lost

• Measure for MeasureMerchant of VeniceMerry
  Wives of WindsorMidsummer Night's DreamMuch Ado
  About NothingPericles, Prince of TyreTaming of
  the ShrewTempestTroilus and CressidaTwelfth
  NightTwo Gentlemen of VeronaWinter's Tale

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The Tragedies

• All deal with a man of high estate king,
  prince, general
• A sense of urgency and tension develops with the
  plot
• There is always a conflict
• Events happen a split second too late

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Tragedies Examples

• Antony and CleopatraCoriolanusHamletJulius
  CaesarKing LearMacbethOthelloRomeo and
  JulietTimon of AthensTitus Andronicus

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Poetry

• Most were written in the 1590s

• Examples
• A Lovers complaint
• Sonnets 1-154
• The Passionate Pilgrim
• The Phoenix and the Turtle
• The Rape of Lucrece
• Venus and Adonis

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Actors in Shakespearian Theatre

• Richard Burbage one of the great tragic actors
  of his day
• Will Kemp played the part of a clown/comedian
• William Sly another member in Shakespeares
  company 1594-1605. Took youthful, romantic or
  soldiery parts such as Tybalt in Romeo and
  Juliet

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Quotes and Quotations

• To be, or not to be
• O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?
• Shakespeare is attributed with 38 plays, 154
  sonnets, 5 poems, and used about 21 000 different
  words

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Shakespeare On Film

• Henry V in 1944
• Hamlet and Macbeth in 1948
• The Moon Of Venice in 1952
• Richard III in 1954
• Othello in 1965
• The Taming Of The Shrew in 1967
• Romeo and Juliet in 1968
• Much Ado About Nothing and Twelfth Night in 1993
• What You Will in 1996
• A Midsummer Nights Dreams in 1999
• Loves Labors Lost in 2000

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Something else worth mentioning

• Incredibly, Shakespeares plays had never been
  published except in pamphlet form
• Simply extant as acting scripts stored at the
  Globe
• Theatre scripts not regarded as literary works
  of art, but only bases for the performance
• John Heminges and Henry Condell preserved his 36
  plays To keep the memory of so worthy a friend
  and fellow alive

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THE MYSTERYYYYY???

• His younger daughter Judith was illiterate
• His other daughter Susanna could do no more than
  sigh her name
• Shakespeares parents John and Mary were also
  illiterate
• No evidence he ever attended school
• A document with 6 signatures spelled and written
  in different ways
• A record by Jane Cox

• but no clear, material proof to counter the
  argument that Shakespeare was totally illiterate.
  

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Refferences

• Matus, Irvin Leigh Shakespeare, IN FACT
• Michell, John Who Wrote Shakespeare?
• Webb, Judge The Mystery Of William Shakespeare
• www.google.com

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