https://padlet.com/710591/rqewwcy5zgaj en-us 2020-03-31 18:39:02 UTC 2023-02-27 05:50:21 UTC hello@padlet.com 710591 https://padlet.com/710591/rqewwcy5zgaj/wish/491840996 William Shakespeare had three younger brothers and two younger sisters growing up. John Shakespeare, his Dad, was a successful leather worker who later became a town bailiff. Shakespeare went to Stratford's grammar school.

Source]]> 2020-04-03 19:51:26 UTC https://padlet.com/710591/rqewwcy5zgaj/wish/491840996 710591 https://padlet.com/710591/rqewwcy5zgaj/wish/491883860 1. Shakespeare wrote an estimated 37 plays and 150 poems but no one can say for sure because a lot of information has been lost since he was alive.

2. In 1582, Shakespeare  was off the records for 7 years. These years are called "The Lost Years" by historians.

3. Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway, a farmer's daughter, and had 3 children.

4. Shakespeare is thought to have died on his birthday, but no one is sure because his true birth date isn't known.

Source]]> 2020-04-03 20:28:20 UTC https://padlet.com/710591/rqewwcy5zgaj/wish/491883860 710591 https://padlet.com/710591/rqewwcy5zgaj/wish/491940035 Theaters sometimes were shut down because of the black plague. There were many hygienic reasons the black plague spread faster then than it might have if it were today. Even though we now know the black plague was caused by fleas and rats, they didn't back then. They would blame it on bad air or the stars and planets. Also, people bathed very infrequently. They just used perfumes to mask bad smells and tried to change their underclothes as much as possible because they used them to soak up dirt and bad smells.

Source]]> 2020-04-03 21:26:27 UTC https://padlet.com/710591/rqewwcy5zgaj/wish/491940035 710591 https://padlet.com/710591/rqewwcy5zgaj/wish/491952071 Queen Elizabeth I was born September 7, 1533. The Elizabethan Age was named after her and she was queen for 44 years. Queen Elizabeth's reign was often considered the Golden Age of England. She supported the work of William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe.

Source]]> 2020-04-03 21:41:37 UTC https://padlet.com/710591/rqewwcy5zgaj/wish/491952071 710591 https://padlet.com/710591/rqewwcy5zgaj/wish/491996415 Lord Chamberlain's Men, the group that Shakespeare had been acting with, paid 12.5 percent of the cost of building the Globe Theatre. It's first decade as a theatre  it became a favorite of theatregoers and also the company that helped build it. Sadly, the Globe burned  after being set fire by a cannon in a play. Because they liked the theatre so much, the members of the Lord Chamberlain's Men paid to rebuild the theatre again.

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