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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

(1564—1616)

William Shakespeare was one of the greatest and famous writers. He was born in 1564 in Stratford-on-Avon. It was a small English town. His father wanted his son to be an educated person and Wil­liam was sent to the local grammar school. When the boy studied at school he had no free time. When he had a rest William liked to go to the forest and to the river Avon.

There were no theatres in England then. Groups of actors travelled from town to town showing performances in the street. Sometimes actors came to Stratford-on-Avon. The boy went to see all their shows and liked them very much. He wanted to become an actor. Sometimes he wrote little plays and staged them with his friends.

When he was twenty-one, William went to London. There he joined a group of actors. At first he only helped actors and then began writing plays for them. Shakespeare was both an actor and a play­wright. In his works Shakespeare described important and dramatic events of life. His plays were staged in many theatres, trans­lated into many languages and they made Shakespeare a very popular man.

The most famous plays of the writer are
"Othello", "King Lear", "Hamlet", "Romeo and Juliet".

He produced thirty seven plays. He was connected with the best theatres of Eng­land during twenty five years.

William Shakespeare wrote a lot of po­etry. His poems have been published in many languages. They are well-known among people. We don't know a lot of facts of Shakespeare's life. We can only guess what kind of man he was, that's why there are many legends about his life.

William Shakespeare died in 1616. But his plays are popular now and millions of people admire them.