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William Shakespeare, born in April 1564 in Stratford-Upon-Avon, England, married Anne Hathaway and had three children. He began his career as an actor and writer at 30, producing 39 plays and 154 sonnets before retiring at 49 and passing away in 1616. Shakespeare is regarded as the greatest dramatist and most influential writer in English history, with his works, including Romeo and Juliet, still widely read and performed today.

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William Shakespeare, born in April 1564 in Stratford-Upon-Avon, England, married Anne Hathaway and had three children. He began his career as an actor and writer at 30, producing 39 plays and 154 sonnets before retiring at 49 and passing away in 1616. Shakespeare is regarded as the greatest dramatist and most influential writer in English history, with his works, including Romeo and Juliet, still widely read and performed today.

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Luca Fazio
William Shakespeare was born in April,
Personal Life 1564, at Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England,

where he lived his entire life. When he was 18 years

old, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had

three children, one in 1583, and twins in 1585.

Outside of this information, not much is

known about Shakespeare because of poor

documentation at the time.

(A remodeled version of

Shakespeare’s childhood home) 


When Shakespeare was 30 years old,
Professional Life he started his career as an actor and writer,

going on to write 39 plays, 154 sonnets, and 3

long form poems.

He retired at the age of 49 before

dying on April 23, 1616, at either 51 or 52. While

we don’t know his birthday, we are aware that it

was in late April. So, depending on if it was

before April 23rd or not, he might have been 52.


<- (A illustration of Shakespeare bowing at the
end of a play.)
Bibliography

1591-1597: Romeo & Juliet. Shakespeare’s most

famous play.

1603: Hamlet, First play of the First Quatro

1606: King Lear, first performed December 23, 1607

1611: MacBeth, First played in the First Folio

(A list of his plays)


His Importance

William Shakespeare is important because he wrote

some of the most prominent and famous literary works on the

planet, with some of his plays still being performed today.

Additionally, “William Shakespeare is widely considered the

greatest dramatist of all time as well as the most influential

writer in the history of the English language. He originated

hundreds of words and phrases that English speakers use to

this day.”1
The Importance of His Works

Shakespeare’s works are some of the most important

books on earth, considering books like Romeo and

Juliet, written in 1616, are still read by almost every

school child, almost 500 years later

 A poster for the 1903 showing of Romeo and Juliet in


Works Sited

● 1:Brown, John Russell, and David Bevington. “Shakespeare’s Sources.” Encyclopædia Britannica,
Encyclopædia Britannica, inc., 21 Feb. 2025,
www.britannica.com/biography/William-Shakespeare/Shakespeares-sources.
● 2:Pressley, J.M. “Shakespeare’s Source Material.” Shakespeare Resource Center - Shakespeare’s
Source Material, www.bardweb.net/content/ac/sources.html. Accessed 25 Feb. 2025.

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