Normally in Tudor times you would have to go to a inn to see a play or if you were rich have it come to your house but there were no actual theatres. In those times the south bank of Old Father Thames as they called the Thames was almost empty so Henry VIII put all the Theatres there.
William Shakespeare
Although many are familiar of the name Shakespeare nobody knows his actual birthday. It is believed that it is some time in late April 1564. It is also very strange that we have no actual painting of him alive however there is a great many painted a few years after he died in 1616. He wrote a great number of plays in all vairities. He over all wrote 39 plays but there are other plays and poems that could be his. He may have even have acted in some. Here are some other facts:
He invented the word assassinate
His wife and kids could not read or write*
Most people know 2000-2500 words, Shakespeare used 10 times that
There are 80 spellings to his name
He wrote his first play at 25 years old
*He married at the age of 18 to Anne Hathaway and had 3 children, Susanna, Hamnet and Judith.
William Shakespeare
Although many are familiar of the name Shakespeare nobody knows his actual birthday. It is believed that it is some time in late April 1564. It is also very strange that we have no actual painting of him alive however there is a great many painted a few years after he died in 1616. He wrote a great number of plays in all vairities. He over all wrote 39 plays but there are other plays and poems that could be his. He may have even have acted in some. Here are some other facts:
He invented the word assassinate
His wife and kids could not read or write*
Most people know 2000-2500 words, Shakespeare used 10 times that
There are 80 spellings to his name
He wrote his first play at 25 years old
*He married at the age of 18 to Anne Hathaway and had 3 children, Susanna, Hamnet and Judith.
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