William Shakespeare (1564-1616) — Basic Chronology
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William Shakespeare (1564-1616) — Basic chronology
1564 – 26 April: baptism of William Shakespeare ( so probably born a few days before)
Father: John Shakespeare, glove-maker, alderman (town councilor), later High Bailiff (mayor) of Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
Mother: Mary Shakespeare, née Arden, farmer’s daughter
Education: presumably at the King’s New School in Stratford—a grammar school for boys (education based on Latin grammar and literature)
Marriage: November 1582—to Anne Hathaway (he was 18, she was 26)
Children: Susanna (baptized 26 May 1583), Hamnet and Judith (baptized 2 February 1585)
Moved to London (when?)
Well-known for his plays by 1592
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
The Taming of the Shrew
Titus Andronicus
Henry VI Part 1, Henry VI Part 2, Henry VI Part 3
Richard III
The Comedy of Errors
Loves’s Labour’s Lost
1593, 1594: published Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece (poems, probably written when the theatres were closed because of plague)
1594: became a member of the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, based at The Theatre in Shoreditch, north of London
(Other members of the company included: Richard Burbage, leading actor; William Kempe, clown and dancer; Henry Condell and John Heminges, later the editors of Shakespeare’s plays)
Romeo and Juliet
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Richard II
King John
The Merchant of Venice
Henry IV Part 1, Henry IV Part 2
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Much Ado About Nothing
1596: a coat of arms was approved for John Shakespeare, giving him the status of a gentleman
1597: William Shakespeare bought a large house in Stratford.
1598: some of his plays were published with his name as author for the first time.
1599: the Lord Chamberlain’s Men moved to a new theatre, The Globe, in Southwark, south of the River Thames. Robert Armin replaced William Kempe as the company’s leading comedian.
Henry V
Julius Caesar
As You Like It
Twelfth Night
Troilus and Cressida
Measure for Measure
1603: death of Queen Elizabeth of England. King James VI of Scotland becomes King of England (James I). The Lord Chamberlain’s Men became the King’s Men and were frequently called to give performances at Court.
Othello
All’s Well That Ends Well
Timon of Athens
King Lear
Macbeth
Anthony and Cleopatra
Pericles (collaboration with George Wilkins)
Coriolanus
1608: the King’s Men took over the Blackfriars Theatre, an indoor theatre in the former Blackfriars
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