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Northrop Frye. Caroline Frances Eleanor Spurgeon. David Bevington. Andrea Mays Goodreads Author. Dan Falk Goodreads Author. Shakespeare was born and brought up in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children: Susanna and twins Hamnet and Judith. Some time between andhe began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part-owner of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men.

At age 49 aroundhe appears to have retired to Stratford, where he died three years later. Few records of Shakespeare's private life survive, which has stimulated considerable speculation about such matters as his physical appearance, sexuality, religious beliefs and whether the works attributed to him were written by others. These speculations are often criticized for failing to point out the fact that few records survive of most commoners of his period.

Shakespeare produced most of his known work between and Who Begot Thee? But This Is Worshipfull Society. Vnderstand a Fury in Your Words. What Are You? A Gentleman. His Companies Vnletterd Rude and Shallow. What Sees Thou There? Sommon Up Remembrance of Things Past. Thats Not So Good Now.