The+Life+and+Success+of+Shakespeare

Most of Shakespeare's Life is a mystery, especially since there are only two primary sources of his life: his works and legal and church documents left over from his time. He was the son of John Shakespeare and Mary Arden and the third of eight children. Three, unfortunately, did not survive through childhood due to the plague. Shakespeare attended a free grammar school in Stratford, the quality of his works suggest that is the case. Later, at the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway and together they had three children: Susanna, Hamnet, and Judith. Sadly, Hamnet died at age 11. After the birth of his twins, Shakespeare would disappear from public records for seven years, also known as the "Lost Years". Shakespeare began his acting and playwriting in London in 1588. By 1594, he was writing and acting for the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men. He allegedly died on his birthday around age sixty.

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"William Shakespeare's legacy is a body of work that will never again be equaled in Western civilization. His words have endured for 400 years, and still reach across the centuries as powerfully as ever. Even in death, he leaves a final piece of verse as his epitaph: //'Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbeare To dig the dust enclosed here. Blessed be the man that spares these stones, And cursed be he that moves my bones.'"//

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