William William ShakespeareShakespeare

All the All the world's a world's a stage, And stage, And all the men all the men and women and women merely merely playersplayers.. (W.Shakespeare)(W.Shakespeare)

To be or To be or not to be-not to be-that is the that is the question. question. (W.Shakes(W.Shakespeare) peare)

William William Shakespeare‘sShakespeare‘s BiographyBiography

Who exactly Who exactly was William was William ShakespearShakespeare? That is a e? That is a question!question!

William Shakespeare’s William Shakespeare’s BirthplaceBirthplace

Shakespeare was born towards the end of the renaissance period and was one of the first to bring the renaissance core values to the theatre.Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon on 23 April,1564. His father, John Shakespeare, was a successful businessman. His mother was the daughter of a rich farmer.

School YearsSchool YearsHe learned Latin and studied literature of Ancient Rome at grammar school. But he

was probably more interested in the groups of actors who travelled from town

to town and put on plays in schools, churches, halls and public houses.

Ann Hathaway’s CottageAnn Hathaway’s Cottage

William fell in love with Ann Hathaway.

W. Shakespeare’s FamilyW. Shakespeare’s FamilyThey got married in December

1582 and just five months later, their first daughter, Susanna was born. Shakespeare also had twins 

Hamnet and Judith.

The GlobeThe Globe•In 1590 he wrote his first play “Henry VI”.•Shakespeare created a theatre and called it “The Globe”. It was very popular among different public.•It was round and had no roof over the center-like the theatres of the Ancient Rome.

The GlobeThe GlobeThe Globe could hold

three thousand people. Some people sat to

watch the plays; others stood in the middle, in front of the stage. The audience was usually noisy, often clapping and cheering, and shouting to the actors.

There were only actors not actresses.

This is the new Globe theatre.This is the new Globe theatre.

In 1610, after twenty-five years in London, Shakespeare came back to Stratford.

Theatres in Stratford-Upon-AvonTheatres in Stratford-Upon-AvonThere are three theatres in

Stratford, where you can watch one of Shakespeare’s plays almost every

night of the year. This is Swan theatre, which is like a theatre from

Shakespeare’s days.

The Courtyard TheatreThe Courtyard Theatre

Shakespeare died on his fifty-second birthday in 1616. He is buried in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford. But the characters in his plays are still with us today.

What kind of plays did William What kind of plays did William Shakespeare write?Shakespeare write?1.Comedies1.ComediesHe wrote thirty-eight plays. Some of them are comedies, for example,” A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and “A Comedy of Errors”. They have happy endings.

List of Comedies by William List of Comedies by William ShakespeareShakespeare1. The Tempest2. The Two Gentlemen of

Verona3. The Merry Wives of Windsor4. Measure for Measure5. The Comedy of Errors6. Much Ado About Nothing7. Love's Labour's Lost8. A Midsummer Night's Dream9. The Merchant of Venice10. As You Like It11. The Taming of the Shrew12. All's Well That Ends Well13. Twelfth Night14. The Winter's Tale15. Pericles, Prince of Tyre16. The Two Noble Kinsmen

The Taming of the Shrew.The Taming of the Shrew.All Shakespearean comedies end happily. Most

often, this happy ending involves marriage or pending marriage. Love always wins out in the end. Love and marriage are the concerns of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew.

2. Tragedies2. TragediesOthers are tragedies, such as ”Hamlet”

and “Macbeth”-these are sad, dark stories of murder and revenge.

"A Shakespearean tragedy is a five act play ending in the death of most of the major characters." 

The essence of Shakespeare's The essence of Shakespeare's tragediestragedies

is the expression of one of the great paradoxes of life. We might call it the paradox of disappointment.

Defeat, shattered hopes, and ultimately death face us all as human beings.

Traits may include strength of character as in Othello, intelligence and cleverness as in Hamlet, foolish vanity as in King Lear, and even treachery as in Macbeth.

List of Tragedies by William List of Tragedies by William ShakespeareShakespeare

1. §  Titus Andronicus2. §  Romeo and Juliet3. §  Julius Caesar4. §  Hamlet5. § Troilus and Cressida 6. §  Othello7. §  Timon of Athens8. §  King Lear9. §  Macbeth10.§  Antony and Cleopatra11.§  Coriolanus12.§  Cymbeline

Romeo and JulietRomeo and Juliet

A glooming peace this morning with it brings; The sun, for sorrow, will not show his head:Go hence, to have more talk of these sad things;Some shall be pardon'd, and some punished:For never was a story of more woeThan this of Juliet and her Romeo.

HistoriesHistoriesOther plays are stories from English history, for example, stories about kings of England. They are very patriotic. Queen Elizabeth I often went to see them.

List of Shakespeare's List of Shakespeare's English HistoriesEnglish Histories1. §  King John2. §  Edward III3. §  Richard II4. §  Henry IV, Part

15. §  Henry IV, Part

26. §  Henry V7. §  Henry VI, Part

18. §  Henry VI, Part

29. §  Henry VI, Part

310. §  Richard III11. §  Henry VIII

SonnetsSonnetsShakespeare was not only a great playwright, but an excellent poet too. In his splendid sonnets there are three specific underlying themes: 1)the brevity of life, 2)the transience of beauty, 3)the trappings of desire.

Shakespeare‘s language is very rich. He drew widely from the world treasure of  the English language. Many phrases from his plays have become popular among a lot of people of the world.

Shakespeare's Quotations.Shakespeare's Quotations.To be, or not to be: To be, or not to be:

that is the question.that is the question.It's not enough to It's not enough to

speak, but to speak speak, but to speak true.true.

All that glisters is not All that glisters is not gold.gold.

All the world's a stage, All the world's a stage, aand nd

all the men and all the men and women merely playerswomen merely players..

Shakespeare's Quotations.Shakespeare's Quotations.Friends, Romans, countrymen, Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend melend me

your ears.your ears.It is not in the stars to hold our It is not in the stars to hold our destiny, but in ourselves.destiny, but in ourselves.All’s well that ends well.All’s well that ends well.

In his plays we find all the greatest ideas of the Renaissance and in the first place the Renaissance concept of man and his search of beauty, truth and goodness.

Shakespeare explored the humanity of every character regardless of their social position. Even monarchs are given human emotions and are capable of making mistakes.

William Shakespeare is significant to the Renaissance and modern history because his work changed the face of drama and writing forever.

"He was not of an age, "He was not of an age, but for all time!"  but for all time!" 

Ben JonsonBen Jonson

Thank you for attention!Thank you for attention!