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About Shakespeare
William Shakespeare:
Believed to have been born April 23,1564
Died April 23, 1616
Father was a glove maker, tradesman,
and bailiff (a mayor in todays time)
Mother came from a
prosperous farming family
First textual portrait he was a handsome, wellshapt man: very good company, and of a very
readie and pleasant smooth witt
This was written 64 years after his
death by a man who was born 10
years after that death.
Willm Shaksp
William Shakespe
Wm Shakspe
William Shakespere
Willm Shakspere
William Shakspeare
None of this are the spelling we use today!
Copperplate Engraving
Painted 7 years AFTER
Shakespeares death
- Very poorly painted
Statue
Painted and life-sized
Carved 7 years after
Shakespeares death
- Was repainted, then
Mistakenly white-washed
then repainted again with
no idea of original colors
- Original colors would have
given the statue detail
not carved
Fights
Spread of disease (the plague)
Drug dealing
Prostitution
Theft
Entrance View
Everybody entered at
the same place
regardless of where
you paid to sit or stand.
The stage juts out onto
the floor, so some
people would view from
the side.
Floor View
Stage View