William Shakespeare

      William Shakespeare was born in the house preserved as his birthplace in Stratford in 1564 where he spent his early years. At that time Stratford was prosperous,it was known as a good market place and had appreciable contacts with the outside world.Shakespeare came from good middle-class parentage on both sides.His mother Marry Arden was a daughter of a farmer and father John Shakespeare  was a whittawer by trade,who is also described as a yeoman.

      William was the eldest son and the third child of the marriage and at the time of his birth John Shakespeare took an active part in municipal affairs.William received his early education at the local grammer school.Little more than eighteen William married to Anne Nothaway,daughter of well respected,substantional yeoman family,established in Stratford.Anne was 26 and marriage took place in 1582.In 1583 his first child-daughter Susanna was born,then twins Hammet and Judith.Later Shakespeare left Stratford and spent the busiest years of his life in London.During the first years of his life in London he had to go through many hardships.Shakespeare resumed his connection  with his native town once his success as aplaywright was assured.The quartest of all English authors,William Shakespeare belongs to the geniuses of mankind who have become landmarks in the history of world culture.For more than 25 years Shakespeare had been associated with the best theatres of England.His activities as a dramatist,poet and proprietor lasted till the year of 1612 when he retired from the strage.During his literary work he produced 37 plays,two narrative poems and 154 sonnets.He is aglory of world literature.

        Shakespeare died at the age of fifty-two in 1616 and was buried in the chancel of the Parish Church of Stratford.