lunes, 17 de noviembre de 2014

Questions!

1. When was William Shakespeare born ? Where ?
  His birthday is celebrated on April 23, as the parish register of Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, shows that he was baptized there on April 26, 1564.
 2. Write the names of William Shakespeare’s parents . Who were they ? John Shakespeare & Mary Ardenin.
3. Write the name of his wife . When did they get married ? Anne Hathaway. He married at the age of 18.
4. Write the names of his three children. What happened to them ? Susanna Hamnet and Judith 5. What was the name of his hometown ? Stratford- upon- Avon.
6. Write the names of the buildings in his hometown related to him . His birthplace , King Edward VI Grammar School, Mary Arden's house, Nash House, Hall's Croft, Anne Hathaway's cottage and Holy Trinity Church.  
7. Where did he study ? He studied in Stratford.  
8. Did he go to university ? He never went to the university. 
9. Why did he leave his family and hometown to go to London ? We can find some ideas on internet but we can not find something that is really certificated and demostrated.
 10. How many plays had he written when he arrived in London ? He hadn’t wrote anyone  
11. When can we find the first reference to Shakespeare in the literary world of London ? In 1592, when a fellow dramatist, Robert Greene, wrote about Shakespeare in a pamphlet written on his deathbed, that’s the first day that we can know something of him. When he was in London , he was an actor and playwritght who belonged to the company called Lord Chamberlain's Men (called the King's Men after the accession of James I in 1603), which had been founded by Lord Chamberlain and whose theatre was called The Globe .They had the bast actor Richard Burbage and the best dramatist , William Shakespeare.  
12. When and where did he die ? He died on April 23, 1616 in Stratford-upon- Avon  
13. When and where did his wife die ? Anne died in 1623, with was seven years after Shakespeare died.  
14. Where is he buried ? In the chancel of the parish church of Stratford-upon-Avon. No name was inscribed on his gravestone . Instead these lines, possibly his own, appeared: Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear To dig the dust enclosed here. Blest be the man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones.  
15. What did his will state ? Shakespeare's will (made on March 25, 1616) is a long and detailed document.Elder daughter, Susanna. As an afterthought, he bequeathed his "second-best bed" to his wife; but no one can be certain what this notorious legacy means.

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