The Life and Times of Shakespeare

Mary Aden he dramatist‘s mother was the daughter of a substantial landowner about 1557 she married John Shakespeare, a tanner, glove maker and trader in wool, grain and other farm commodities. William Shakespeare was the third child and he was the eldest son. He was born on the 23rd of April, 1564. He attended the Stratford Grammar School at age 6-13 where he received substantial training in Latin, Logic and Literature including plays by Plautus, Terrence and Sencea. Later on he worked as a butcher. Then on November 27th, 1582 he married Annie Hathaway who was eight years his senior and later on they had a daughter, Susanna in May 1583 after which in 1585 they had twins, Hamnet and Juliet. in London his career took flight as a poet, actor as well as a playwright. One of his great plays was that of hamlet in 1602. Moreover because of his fame and glory he accumulated and acquired great wealth. He later succumb to death on April 25th 1616.