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William Shakespeare

Biography[]

During his lifetime, he wrote As You Like It, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Twelfth Night, Coriolanus, and The Tempest, among many others. He lived during Elizabethan times in southern England, when Muggles as a whole were prejudiced against wizards and witches and often organised massive witchhunts, partly inspired by regal paranoia.

He was a known astrologer, regularly consulting various astrological charts in order to write his plays.

There is a bust of Shakespeare on the pediment of Wyndham's Theatre, depicting him flanked by muses and cherubs.

Legacy[]

Shakespeare's works were well known within the wizarding world, and his characters were often used as aliases, such as with the poacher Todd Cribb using the alias "Prospero", a character from his plays. Additionally, the words he had created were well known to the wizarding world and were used frequently within their regular speech.

Etymology[]

The name "William" comes from the Germanic name Willahelm, which was composed of the elements wil "will, desire" and helm "helmet, protection".

Behind the scenes[]

• The lyrics of Something Wicked This Way Comes, as heard in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, were taken from Shakespeare's Macbeth. Thus, Shakespeare is credited with the lyrics. Additionally, Harry Potter series author J. K. Rowling has stated "I absolutely adore Macbeth. It is possibly my favourite Shakespeare play."
• In the 2011 film Anonymous, Shakespeare is portrayed by Rafe Spall, son of Timothy Spall (Peter Pettigrew). In this film Shakespeare is portrayed as a dru

by Ramon Jiménez

It is well-known that the first references in print that seemed to connect William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon to the playwright William Shakespeare appeared in the first collection of his plays — the First Folio, seven years after his death. On the other hand, we can identify at least ten people who personally knew the William Shakespeare of this Warwickshire town, or met his daughter, Susanna. At least six of them, and possibly all of them, were aware of plays and poems published under the name of one of the country’s leading playwrights, William Shakespeare. All ten left us published books, poems, letters, notebooks, or diaries, some of which referred directly to events or people in Stratford. Yet none of these nine men and one woman — it is fair to call them eyewitnesses — left any hint that they connected the playwright with the person of the same name in Stratford-upon-Avon.

William Camden

William Camden was the most eminent historian and antiquary of the Elizabethan age, and was deeply involved in the literary and intellectual world of his time. He knew Philip Sidney, was a valued friend of Michael Drayton, and is said to have been a teacher of Ben Jonson. His most famous work was Britannia, a history of England first published in Latin in 1586. It was translated, and frequently reprinted, and he revised it several times before his death in 1623.

Another of Camden’s books was Remaines Concerning Britain, a series of essays on English history, English names and the English language that he published in 1605. Camden wrote poetry himself, and in the section on poetry, he referred to poets as “God’s own creatures.” He listed eleven English poets and playwrights who he thought would be admired by future generations — in other words, the best writers of his time (Remaines 287, 294). Among the eleven were six playwrights, including Jonson, Chapman, Drayton

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William Shakespeare, a name that needs no recognition, was the greatest dramatist of English literature. However, very few facts about his life are recorded, even if that is also a guess and not certain. There is no authentic biography of Shakespeare available.

Shakespeare was born on April 231564 in Stratford, Warwickshire. Both his father, John Shakespeare and his mother, Mary Arden, were uneducated. In his early life, perhaps Shakespeare attained grammar school where he learnt some Latin and Greek. It is considered that he never went to high school or college. Nature was his teacher, and he had a deep insight through which he learned human nature. His works were mostly based on his imagination and his perception and experience of human life. When he was 14, due to his family's economic crisis, he had to leave his school to do some job to support his family. It is not clear what kind of job he had done. There is speculation that perhaps he was a school teacher or clerk of a lawyer.

Shakespeare Married Life

Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway when he was 18 years old and she was 26. On November 27, 1582, the Diocese of Worcester's consistory court granted a permit for marriage. Two of Hathaway's neighbours placed bonds the following day ensuring that no legitimate claims would prevent the marriage. The Worcester chancellor allowed the marriage banns to be read once rather than the customary three times, and six months after the wedding, Anne gave birth to a daughter, Susanna, who was baptised on May 26, 1583, suggesting that the ceremony may have been planned in some haste. Nearly two years later, son Hamnet and daughter Judith, who were twins, were baptised on February 2, 1585. At the age of 11, Hamnet passed away from unexplained circumstances and was buried on August 11, 1596.

Shakespeare left little historical traces after the twins were born, and it wasn't until 1592 that he