https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj S. Schoenbaum en-us 2022-02-04 18:18:29 UTC 2025-09-30 13:13:28 UTC hello@padlet.com grewanav000 https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2053838182 Shakespeare was born in a town name Stratford in Elizabethan England on April 23rd of 1564. "James West passed along to the great Shakespearian scholar George Steevens an extract from the parish register with the note 'Born April 23, 1564'" (24).]]> 2022-02-17 18:32:17 UTC https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2053838182 grewanav000 https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2053841083 In November 1582, he wived a local girl by the name Anne Hathaway, who later bore him three children. After legally getting married in court, where they obtained their marriage certificate, the two had a ceremony of friends and family twenty-one miles west from Stratford in Worcester.]]> 2022-02-17 18:33:56 UTC https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2053841083 grewanav000 https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2053846663 Sometime before 1592, he made his departure to London, leaving his wife and children behind in Stratford.]]> 2022-02-17 18:36:51 UTC https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2053846663 grewanav000 https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2053854621 Before his death, Shakespeare had drawn up a will to not only his family but common folk--Stratford neighbors and colleagues. "He neglected to mention noble lords, although to one he had in early days dedicated two poems" (3).]]> 2022-02-17 18:41:06 UTC https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2053854621 grewanav000 https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2053861523 Seven years after his death, a folio volume of all his collected plays was published in London, which was and still is the center of publishing trade in England.]]> 2022-02-17 18:44:43 UTC https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2053861523 grewanav000 https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2053867651 Shakespeare died in Stratford, his hometown, while residing in his home, the New Place. It was in Stratford that he was born, and in Stratford, too, where he was buried. ]]> 2022-02-17 18:47:58 UTC https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2053867651 grewanav000 https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2125034047 William Shakespeare: A Compact Documentary Life. Rev. ed., S. Schoenbaum, 1977.]]> 2022-04-01 07:59:23 UTC https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2125034047 grewanav000 https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2125052642 As a child, William Shakespeare received a grammar-school education in King's New School of Stratford-upon-Avon. The school was not by any means terrible, being one of the better institutes for its day in a rural town like his.]]> 2022-04-01 08:15:24 UTC https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2125052642 grewanav000 https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2125067477 On February 1585, William Shakespeare's wife gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl. "The Shakespeares named their offspring Hamnet and Judith, after their neighbours and lifelong friends the Sadlers, who lived in a house at corner of the High Street and Sheep Street" (94).]]> 2022-04-01 08:28:08 UTC https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2125067477 grewanav000 https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2125088006 In 1603, the Chamberlain's men made the switch to the Globe. "By then, the Theatre had vanished, and the Chamberlain's men had ceased playing at the Curtain" (129).]]> 2022-04-01 08:44:35 UTC https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2125088006 grewanav000 https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2125123496 From 1597, the Chamberlein's men, Shakespeare's company, began preforming at Lanman's Theatre. During this time period was when Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet would win its public admiration and approval.]]> 2022-04-01 09:12:14 UTC https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2125123496 grewanav000 https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2125133024 In London, Shakespeare began his career as a hired man, in a company who only later recognized his exceptional talents. It is said that, "He was receiv'd into the Company then in being, at first in a very mean Rank; but his admirable Wit, and the natural Turn of it to the Stage, soon distinguish'd him, if not as an extraordinary Actor, yet as an excellent Writer" (143).]]> 2022-04-01 09:19:15 UTC https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2125133024 grewanav000 https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2125163622 On March 15th, 1595, the Accounts of the Treasurer of the Queen's Chamber listed William Shakespeare as joint payee. "This entry shows that Shakespeare had become a leading member of the Lord Chamberlain's men" (183).]]> 2022-04-01 09:45:03 UTC https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2125163622 grewanav000 https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2125170850 Although Shakespeare wished for his plays not to be openly published, on February 6th and March 12th, 1594, two of his pieces were published by Stationers' Register. These included Titus Andronicus and The First Part of the Contention betwixt the two famous Houses of York and Lancaster.]]> 2022-04-01 09:51:28 UTC https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2125170850 grewanav000 https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2125183217 Pleased with his plays, it is said that Queen Elizabeth had commanded Shakespeare to develop the Comedy of the Merry Wives within a ten days' time. "This is said to be the Occasion of his Writing The Merry Wives of Windsor" (197).]]> 2022-04-01 10:04:17 UTC https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2125183217 grewanav000 https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2125189156 It is rumored that William Shakespeare must have earned at least $200 in average annual return--which, based on Elizabethan times, was an excellent amount.]]> 2022-04-01 10:10:42 UTC https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2125189156 grewanav000 https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2125193453 On August 11th, 1596, William Shakespeare's son, Hamnet, passed away at age eleven and a half. "His death doomed the male line of the Shakespeares to extinction" (224).]]> 2022-04-01 10:15:08 UTC https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2125193453 grewanav000 https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2125196595 "In 1597 Shakespeare bought a fine house for himself and his family" (232). This house was called the New Place, built by benefactor, Sir Hugh Clopton, in Stratford.]]> 2022-04-01 10:18:37 UTC https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2125196595 grewanav000 https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2125204418 "On 8 September 1601 John Shakespeare was buried in the churchyard of Holy Trinity" (240). Having been no will, the double house was inherited by his eldest son, William.]]> 2022-04-01 10:26:24 UTC https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2125204418 grewanav000 https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2125206530 In 1608, seven years after his father's death, Mary Shakespeare, William Shakespeare's mother, too, passed away.]]> 2022-04-01 10:28:32 UTC https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2125206530 grewanav000 https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2125211391 By 1605, William Shakespeare had paid back all the debt that his family owed.]]> 2022-04-01 10:33:17 UTC https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2125211391 grewanav000 https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2125239425 2022-04-01 11:02:31 UTC https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2125239425 grewanav000 https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2125241389 2022-04-01 11:04:37 UTC https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2125241389 grewanav000 https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2125244291 2022-04-01 11:07:36 UTC https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2125244291 grewanav000 https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2125250865 2022-04-01 11:14:33 UTC https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2125250865 grewanav000 https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2125257621 2022-04-01 11:21:00 UTC https://padlet.com/grewanav000/fr35qubg15sxdfhj/wish/2125257621