William Shakespeare
(1564-1616) was one of the greatest and famous writers in human history.
He was born in Stratford-on-Avon, a small town in the middle of
England. His father wanted his son to be a well-educated person and
William was sent to the local grammar school.Studying at school the boy
actually did not have any free time. But he spent his rare spare hours
walking in the forest or watching the river Avon.Those days there were
not a lot of theatres in towns and actors and actresses had to travel
moving from one place to another with their shows. Sometimes they
visited Stratford-on-Avon. William liked to watch them playing. He got
fond of their profession and he decided to become an actor.He went to
London and there he became an actor. At that time he began to write
plays too. Shakespeare was at the same time an actor and a playwright.
In his works he reflected events of his contemporaries' life. His plays
were staged in many theatres, translated into many foreign languages.
That made Shakespeare a very popular man.Most famous of his plays are
Othello, King Lear, Hamlet, and Romeo and Juliet. They are still popular
and you can watch his .plays in almost any country of the world. He
produced thirty seven plays at all. He had connections with the best
English theatres for about 25 years.William Shakespeare wrote also a lot
of poetry including his unbeaten sonnets. There are numerous songs
written with his poems. He is still most often published author of the
world and well known among people. We do not know much about his life.
We can only guess what kind of man he was analyzing the legends and a
few documents of the time.Shakespeare died in 1616, but millions people today still admire his plays.