1 William Shakespeare was born in the 16th century.
2 He was educated at the local Grammar School.
3 A lot of his plays were staged at The Globe theatre.
4 Shakespeare wrote 37 plays altogether.
5 Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear are Shakespeare's most famous tragedies, but he also wrote comedies, such as The Comedy of Errors, Twelfth Night, The Merry Wives of Windsor and others.