Birthday: Around April 23, 1564
Died: April 23, 1616
The Early Years 59253s
William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. Shakespeare's dad was a businessman and mayor. Back in the 1500s, there was twins, Hamnet and Judith. Shakespeare's son Hamnet died when he was only 11 years old.
William Shakespeare Is A Hit 42206l
William Shakespeare's first poem, Venus and Adonis, was published in 1593. William Shakespeare went on to write 154 poems and 37 plays. Although William Shakespeare Ashton Kutcher may be hot, but do you think your great-grandchildren will still be watching Punk'd? As if.
Hollywood Loves Shakespeare 545h3x
William Shakespeare has be dead for almost 400 years but that hasn't stopped him from being a major Hollywood player. Check out just a couple of movies based on Shakespeare's plays:
- Romeo and Juliet, starring Leonardo Dicaprio and Claire Danes.
- Ten Things I Hate About You (based on the Taming of The Shrew), starring Julia Stiles.
- Macbeth, starring Mel Gibson.
- O (based on Othello), starring Josh Hartnett.
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- William Shakespeare invented the word assassination.
- No one knows William Shakespeare's real birthday, for sure. There are records that show he was baptized on April 26, 1564 and so experts estimate that Shakespeare was born three days before that.
- William Shakespeare left his wife and children and moved to London to pursue his career.
William Shakespeare Says... z446m
"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages."
