William Shakespeare ______________ (be) born in Stratford-on-Avon on April 23, 1564. He ____________ (go) to the local Stratford Grammar School, where he ___________ (be) _____________ (teach) by Master Walter Roche. Lessons began at six o'clock in the morning in the summer in order to make the most of daylight.
His father ___________ (be) _____________ (call) John Shakespeare a Stratford upon Avon glove-maker. He_________________ (send) William to the local grammar school in 1571, but when William _____________(be) only 14 years old his fortunes fell so low that William ________________(have) to leave school. Some historians say he _______________ (work) in his father's shop.
At the age of 19 William _________________ (to marry) Anne Hathaway the daughter of a rich farmer near Stratford. Three years later Shakespeare ______________ (go) to London. How he _____________ (live) there we do not know.
In about 1587 he_________________ (become) a member of one of the few theatrical companies which ________________(exist) in those days. Around 1590 he ___________________ (begin) to try his hand at writing plays. There _________________ (be) no female actors in those days, all the female parts ______________(be) _____________ (play) by boys. It is thought that he _____________ (write) his first major play, Henry VI., Part One, in 1592.
His most famous play, Hamlet, _____________ (be) probably first seen in 1601 at the Globe Theatre. Shakespeare __________________ (continue) to write about 2 plays a year.
He_________________________ (return) to Stratford in 1612, where he ___________________ (live) the life of a country gentleman. He ________________________ (die) of a fever on his birthday in 1616.
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