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William Shakespeare

Famous British Writers

William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)

The last half of the 16 th and the beginning of the 19 th centuries are known as the golden age of English literature. It was the time of the English Renaissance and sometimes it is called “the age of Shakespeare”.

William Shakespeare, the greatest and the most famous of English writers, and probably the greatest playwright who has ever lived, was born in the town of Stratford-on-Avon, in 1564. His father John Shakespeare, was a merchant, his mother was a farmer’s daughter.

In his childhood William liked to see the performances of travelling groups of actors. Sometimes he wrote little plays and staged them with his friends. William received an excellent classical education. He lived in Stratford until he was about 21 and went to London.

In London he became an actor and a member of one of the chief acting companies. The theatre where he worked was called “The Globe”. It became the first professional theatre. William’s experience as an actor helped him greatly in the writing of his plays. His knowledge of the stage and his poetical genius made his plays the most wonderful plays ever written.

Shakespeare wrote 37 plays of three types: comedies (“The Merry Wives of Windsor”, “All is well that Ends Well”, “Twelfth Night”, “Much Ado about Nothing”), tragedies (“Hamlet”, “King Lear”, “Othello”, “Macbeth”) and historical dramas (“Henry IV”, ”Richard III”). He showed the real life and attitudes between people. Love and death, friendship and treason, devotion and lie are the main ideas of the plays.

Besides plays, Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets. His sonnets like his plays reveal the entire gamut of human emotions. Many of his sonnets were written to a woman with dark hair and eyes and black eyebrows . “The Dark Lady of the Sonnets” is a mystery.

Shakespeare is acknowledged as one of the greatest writers of all times, and has remained popular with readers around the world.

Check your comprehension

• How is the time, when Shakespeare lived, called?
• What was Shakespeare?
• When and where was he born?
• What were his parents?
• What education did he get?
• What was Shakespeare fond of in his childhood?
• At what theatre did he work in London?
• What are the names of his best tragedies and historical dramas?
• What did he show in his plays?
• What lady were many of his sonnets written to?

Материалы:

В.А. Радовель «Страноведение: Великобритания»

Ростов-на-Дону «Феникс» 2005

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