William Shakespeare was born the 23 april 1564 in Stratford, England. His mom’s name was Mary and the dad’s name was John. William was very interested of theatre when he was young and that ended in huge succsess when he grew up. He was young when he got married, only 18 years old. The girl’s name was Anne Hathaway and she was 26 years old. His parents didn’t like that he got married to an 8 year older women. They had three children together. William cheated on Anne often, with men and woman so it is very possible that he had more than three children. He was a talent writer and actor. When he was about 30 years old he wrote the world’s most famous love-play, Romeo and Juliet. He also wrote Hamlet, Macbeath and King Lear. They are well known all over the world.

Romeo and Juliet is about two children who fall in love in a difficult situation between their parents. The two families hate each other. Romeo and Juliet can’t be together but they are in love. In the end they die, Juliet takes a pretend-poison and Romeo think’s she’s dead for real, so he kills himself. When she wakes up and sees that he’s dead she takes his knife and stabs herself in the chest. It’s a tragedy, a typical tragedy.


Shakespeare owned a theatre, The globe. The Globe burned down in 1613, William was 49 years old when the accident happened. They were shooting a cannon shot wrong, so it hit the roof. The roof was made of straw so it burned down fast and easy. The theatre was rebuilt 383 years later. William died when he was 52 years old. His wife inherited a bed. The second best bed was the only thing she got after his death.