Biography of William Shakespeare
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"Friends, Romans, Countrymen, Lend Me Your Ears"
a quote from one of Shakespeare's plays. William Shakespeare was a middle-class, very successful man.
William was born on April 23rd, 1564, which is an approximate date three days before his baptism. He was born in Stratford upon Avon in England. At age eighteen Shakespeare was in love, he married the considerably older Anne Hathaway (26 years) on November 27th, 1582. They wed at Temple Grafton, a village just eight kilometers from Stratford.
Susanna, William and Anne Shakespeare's first child who lives a full 66 years, is born just five months after their wedding(1583). Shakespeare's twins Judith and Hamnet are born in 1585. William only had three kids.
William Shakespeare was considered the "Finest Poet" and the "Greatest Dramatist"...