William Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564, in Stanford-upon-Avon and died on April 23, 1616. He was baptized on April 26, 1564. He was the third of the eight children born to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden, daughter of the wealthy landowner. Williams father was a glove maker, a grain dealer, and served in various civic offices as a member of town council. Later he married a local girl Anne Hathaway and moved in together. Six months later, she gave birth to their children; they went on to have two more children. William left his family in Stanford, He moved to London to become an actor and writer. Shakespeare not only wrote 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two narrative poems, and other poems. His greatest plays include Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, …show more content…
Macbeth was often unpopular for its reference to witches which created fear in the middle ages. Shakespeare's plays have been translated into every major living language, in addition to being continually performed all around the world. Shakespeare wrote plays that capture the complete range of human emotion and conflict. Another 18th century story has Shakespeare starting his theatrical career minding the horses of theatre patrons in London. Some of Shakespeare's plays were published in quarto editions, beginning in 1594, and by 1598, his name had become a selling point and began to appear on the title pages. Shakespeare retired to Stratford (some years before his death). He was still working as an actor in London in 1608. However it is perhaps relevant that the bubonic plague was throughout London in 1609. Shakespeare died on April 23, 1616. He was 52 years of age. He died within a month of signing his will. In the document he described himself in "perfect health". Half a centry later John Ward, the vicar of Stratford, wrote that Shakespeare and others had a merry meeting and, seemed he drank too hard, for Shakespeare died of a fever there contracted. He was survived by his wife and two