![]() They would go on to have twins as well, one of whom-their only boy, Hamnet–died at the age of 11 around the time Shakespeare composed Hamlet, which is one of the only clues we have to the intersection of art and biography in his works.įrom 1585 to 1592 there are no records found of Shakespeare. He married his wife, Anne Hathaway, when he was 18 and she 26 at the time, she was already pregnant with their first child, Susanna. From there, speculators say that Shakespeare spent his time working in a butcher shop, as well as helping his dad run his business (Mibillard). ![]() ![]() Though it cannot be verified, experts believe he went to the New Grammar School of Stratford-upon-Avon from the age of 6 to around 13, when his family faced financial hardship and he was likely compelled to leave (Mibillard). He was born to John and Mary Shakespeare, who are both assumed to be illiterate. Shakespeare, arguably the most world-renowned writer in the English language, is thought to have been born on Apjust three days before his official baptism, in Stratford-upon-Avon. ![]() ![]() Wikimedia Commons.īy Mikayla Langham, Nicole Almendarez and Kaeli Walls “William Shakespeare” by Batyr Ashirbayev, 2019. ![]()
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