Презентация. Wiiliam Shakespeare

writers, and probably the greatest playwright who has ever lived,

was born on the 23d of April, 1564, in Stratford-on-Avon. It was a small English town. His father wanted his son an educated person and William was sent to the local Grammar School, he had now free time. When he had a break William liked to go to the forest and to the river Avon.

an actor and a member of a very successful acting

company. He began to write plays too. In his works Shakespeare described the most important and dramatic events in life. His plays were staged in many theatres, translated into many languages and they made Shakespeare a very popular man.

So some of them may have been lost in the

fire when the Globe burnt down in 1613. Most of his plays were performed in the new Globe Theater built on the bank of the River Themes.

were performed in the open air and the audience got

wet if it rained. There was no scenery, very few props, and the only lighting was the daylight that came from the open roof above. Women in those days weren't allowed to act in public and all the parts (even Juliet!) were played by men. Much of the audience stood to watch the performance and moved around, talking with each other and throwing fruit at the stage if they didn't like something.

Lear, Othello, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet), 17 comedies (such as

As You Like It, Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing), 10 historical plays (such as Henry IV, Richard III.).

are known all over the world nowadays.

can only guess what kind of man he was, that’s

why there are many legends about his life.

where he died, ironically, on the same date as his

birthday, the 23d of April, 1616. He was buried in the church of Stratford. A monument was erected to the memory of the great playwright in the Poet's Corner in Westminster Abbey.