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This date, which can be traced to William Oldys and George Steevens, has proved appealing to biographers because Shakespeare died on the same date in 1616. [15] [16] He was the third of eight children, and the eldest surviving son. [17]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 December 2024. The Chandos portrait, believed to be Shakespeare, held in the National Portrait Gallery, London William Shakespeare was an actor, playwright, poet, and theatre entrepreneur in London during the late Elizabethan and early Jacobean eras. He was baptised on 26 April 1564 [a] in Stratford ...
Susanna Hall (née Shakespeare; baptised 26 May 1583 – 11 July 1649) was the oldest child of William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway and the older sister of twins Judith and Hamnet Shakespeare. Susanna married John Hall , a local physician, in 1607.
William Shakespeare's last will and testament was signed on 25 March 1616, just under a month before his death. [ a ] The document has been studied for details of his personal life, for his opinions, and for his attitudes towards his two daughters, Susanna and Judith , and their respective husbands, John Hall and Thomas Quiney .
Anne Shakespeare (née Hathaway; 1556 – 6 August 1623), commonly known as Anne Hathaway, was the wife of William Shakespeare, an English poet, playwright and actor.They were married in 1582, when Hathaway was 26 years old and Shakespeare was 18.
The book, 'Shakespeare’s Life of King Henry the Fifth,' was last checked out in 1923
(See Religious views of William Shakespeare#Shakespeare's family.) Little is known about Joan's husband, William, apart from the fact that he was sued for debt in 1600 and 1601. [3] He died in April 1616, and was buried 17 April, a week before William Shakespeare died.
Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies is a collection of plays by William Shakespeare, commonly referred to by modern scholars as the First Folio, [a] published in 1623, about seven years after Shakespeare's death. It is considered one of the most influential books ever published.