UNIT 10. 6TH COURSE. BOOK DAY. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. BIOGRAPHY AND MATCHING TASK


   

      Same as CERVANTES is the most famous writer in Spanish, in the case of the English language it´s

 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.

     In this task you´re going to discover more info about him. This info will help you do the matching 

task underneath. 

    Now READ the following text:

  William Shakespeare is considered England´s national poet and the greatest dramatist of all time.
He was born in Strattford-upon-Avon probably on April 23rd, 1564
William Shakespeare´s family were eight members overall: his mother Mary Arden; his father John; two older sisters and three younger brothers.
He attended school in his hometown, at King´s New School, were he studied reading, writing and the classics.
William married Ann Hathaway when he was 18. She was eight years older and pregnant already. They had two boys and a girl. One of the boys would die at eleven years old.
Documents say he arrived in London in the late 1580s
In the early 1590s he was a managing partner in the Lord Chamberlain´s Men, a London acting company.  After James I became king in 1603 the company changed its name to the King´s Men and became very popular. Some of Shakespeare´s works became popular at that time.
In 1592 he had some of his plays produced by the King´s Men. By 1597 15 of his 37 plays – he also wrote 157 sonnets - had already been published. He bought New House in Sratford for his family.
In 1599 Shakespeare and his partners built the Globe Theater by the River Thames in London. There the company continued performing some of his old and hew plays. The main themes being histories, tragedies, comedies and tragicomedies.
He died in London, when he was 52, about April 23rd. 


   And now CONNECT the numbers and letters to COMPLETE  the sentences.  Copy them later in

your notebook.

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He was probably born on April 23rd, 1564
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after James I became king in 1603
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His family
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in 1592
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William married Ann Hathaway
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in Sratford for his family
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In the early 1590s
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when she was 26.
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The company became the King´s Men
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 about April 23rd. 1616.
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The King´s Men produced some of his plays
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in Strattford-upon-Avon
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He bought New House 
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and 37  theatre plays
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In 1599 Shakespeare and his partners from he King´s Men
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he worked in the Lord Chamberlain´s Men company
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He died in London,
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built the Globe Theater by the bank of River Thames London
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He wrote 157 sonnets
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was a big one





























         
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