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Shakespeare

Turner.
- What was he?
- He was an English painter.
- What

is he famous for?
- He is famous for his pictures.

1775–1851

an oil painting by the 19th century British painter J.

M. W. Turner.

This painting was first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1844, though it may have been painted earlier.
The Great Western Railway (GWR) was one of a number of private British railway companies created to develop the new means of transport. GWR’s aim was initially to connect Bristol with London; its chief engineer was Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

Rain, Steam, and Speed

is Arthur Conan Doyle.
- What was he?
- He was a

Scottish writer.
- What is he famous for?
- He is famous for his stories about Sherlock Holmes.

1859-1930

on 27 March 1990
Sherlock Holmes Museum

Baker Street and the museum of Sherlock Holmes and Dr.

Watson. The British take care of such places and keep their traditions which are connected with these memorials.

Conan Doyle was one of the first to start the fashion of the detective stories. Conan Doyle created his famous character, Sherlock Holmes, in 1885.

like the room described in Conan Doyle’s stories in London.

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Agatha Christie
1890-1976

detective story writer.
She wrote 79 novels and several plays.
Christie was

born in 1890 in Devon.
She grew into a beautiful and sensitive girl with waist-length golden hair.
She didn't go to school but was educated at home by her mother.
She wrote her first detective novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, in 1920.
In it A. Christie introduced Hercule Poirot.
Her other main detective was an elderly spinster called Miss Marple.
The Christie detective novels deal mainly with plot and characters.
The author avoids writing about violence in any form.
Two of her most celebrated tales were Ten Little Indians and Then There Were None.
Agatha continued to write many detective novels.
She wrote until she died at the age of 86.
She died peacefully in 1976.
A. Christie is the second most translated English author.
Only Shakespeare is translated more than Christie.
Her novels have sold millions of copies all over the world.

which were Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. Hercule Poirot appeared

in over 30 novels and 50 short stories. He was a Belgian detective, famous for his neat appearance, his obsession with order and his use of psychology in his investigations of crimes.

glance she was an ordinary old lady who loved knitting

and gossip but she could solve the hardest of mysteries and sent many criminals behind bars! She appeared first in the novel “Murder at the Vicarage” in 1930.

His name is William Shakespare.
- What was he?
- He was

a British poet.
- What is he famous for?
- He is famous for his poems and plays.

He is often called England's national poet and His surviving works consist of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.

received his education in the Grammar school.
At the age of

nineteen he married the daughter of a neighboring farmer.But three years later Shakespeare went up to London, because it was the best place for the development of his genius.
It was a time of the Revival of learning, when plays of all sorts were written, in response to the varying popular demands.Shakespeare became an actor of "The Globe" - the most popular theatre in London.
The theatres at that time were situated outside the city walls, and the performances took place by daylight.
There was no scenery to the plays.
Shakespeare began helping dramatists in the writing of new plays.Soon he began writing his own plays.
"Romeo and Juliet", "King Lear", "Hamlet" and many others brought him glory and fame.
William wrote thirty-seven plays, many of which are still performed in countries all over the world.
He wrote 154 beautiful poems called sonnets. He wrote the sonnets for his friends, but soon everyone wanted to read them.
William got the ideas for his plays from old stories, poems, and real events.
His plays made audience laugh, and cry, and gasp in horrow.
In 1616 William wrote his will. At the height at his fame William returned to Stratford-on-Avon and lived there in his own house until his death in 1616. He left most of his land and property to his family. He also left money to the poor people of Stratford. But his greatest treasure, his writing, was left for the whole world to enjoy.
He died at the age of 49.
We don't know a lot of facts of the writer's life.
That is why there are many legends about him.

It is a house where he was born.

plays, many of which are still performed in countries all

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William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-on-Avon, England, in …
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But three years later Shakespeare went up to …,
because it was the best place for the development of his genius.
Shakespeare became an actor of "… " - the most popular theatre in London.

of actors who visited Stratford from time to time. He

watched them and knew that he wanted to be an actor. But the actors didn’t have their own theatre, that’s why they built a theatre and called it “Globe”. There was a sign on it’s main door: “All the world is a stage”. Shakespeare’s Globe was rather different from modern theatres. In 1613 the Globe burnt down.

the Globe. It took many years to raise money, get

permission and find out exactly what the place looked out like in the old days. On June 12 1997, Her Majesty the Queen opened the International Shakespeare Globe Center. Unfortunately, Sam Wanamaker died in 1993 and wasn’t in the audience to see his dream finally come true. This new theatre is as close to the original as it is possible to be.

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What was he?
- He was an English actor,

film director and composer.
- What is he famous for?
- He is famous for his films.

1889 — 1977