#Shakespeare400
This is a key word because this year the people of the moon commorate 400 years since the death of William Sakespeare. This special anniversary year is a truly unique opportunity to visit his home. Sakespeare was born on this house. Now this home is a museum. Through a series of public performances, programmes, exhibitions and creative activities in the capital and beyond.
#Stratford-upon-avon
Is the town who lived William Shakespeare. Stratford-upon-Avon is famous for being home Royal Shakespeare Company. William Shakespear had five beautifully houses with a garden which are all directly linked with William Shakespeare and his family.Stratford-upon-Avon is a thriving market town, with farmers markets and fantastic Christmas markets.
#annehathaway
Anne Hathaway was the wife of William Shakespeare. They were married in 1582, when he was 18 and she was 26 years old. They had Three children were born to Hathaway and her husband: Susanna in 1583 and the twins Hamnet and Judith
in 1585. Hamnet died at 11 years old and was buried in Stratford upon
Avon on 11 August 1596 during one of the frequent outbreaks of the bubonic plague.
#theglobe
Was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's with the Lord Chamberlain's Men, on land on Thomas Brend this land was inherited by his son, Nicholas Brend and grandson Sir Matthew Brend. The theatre was destroyed by fire on 29 June 1613. A second Globe Theatre was built on the same land on June 1614 and closed in 1642.
#plays
William shakespeare was written a lot of plays.
The plays of tragedies are
Antony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, King Lear, Macbeth, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, Sir Thomas More, Timon Of Athens, Titus Andronicus and
Troilus and Cressida.
The plays of comedies are
All's Well That Ends Well, As You Like It , The Comedy of Errors, Cymbeline, Love's Labour's Lost, Measure for Measure, The Merchant of Venice, The Merry Wives of Windsor, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Pericles, Prince of Tyre ,The Taming of the Shrew, The Tempest, Twelfth Night, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Two Noble Kinsmen, The Winter's Tale, Cardenio, Love's Labour's Won.
The top ten famous plays are Hamlet, Macbeth, JuliusCaesar, The tempest, Henry IV, King Lear, Romeo and Juliet, King John, Much Ado About Nothing and The winter's tale.
#plague
William Shakespeare lived in the Elizabethan era when the bubonic plague, sometimes referred to as the Black Death, was virulent. He was known to have a terrible fear of the deadly disease and its consequences and this is hardly surprising as it touched so many areas of his life including his life as an actor at the Globe Theater.
#1595
A busy year for Shakespeare as he is thought
to have composed
Richard II performed that very
same year,
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, thought
to be composed for a wedding and the greatest love story
of all time,
Romeo and Juliet.
#queenelisabeth
The poet was throughout his life greatly indebted to the patronage and support of royal and noble personages; his royal patrons were Queen Elizabeth and King James I, both of whom greatly loved the drama. The virgin queen dedicated to the study of the ancient classical period; she also delighted in our own theatrical entertainments, and used her influence in the progress of the English drama, and fostered the inimitable genius of Shakespeare. Shakespeare was ardently attracted to Elizabeth and her Court, and proved a faithful servant to his royal mistress.
#thearmada
New English identity was not just promoted by religious independence but also by the reigning Tudory dynasty (1485-1603). After the victory over the Spanish armada in 1588 Shakespeare's history plays were deeply influenced by the new sense of English national identity.
#shakespearquotes
