William Shakespeare was a playwriter and a poet. He wrote many sonnets and plays such as "Romeo and Juliet" and "Hamlet". He was born on April 23, 1564, in Warwickshire, England. His parents were John Shakespeare and Mary Alden. He had 4 sisters and 2 brothers. He later married Anne Hathaway in 1582. She bore a daughter,Susanna and twins, Hamnet and Judith. Hamnet died. He became an actor in 1591 and wrote his sonnets 1598. His poems were not published until 1609. Shakespeare died in 1616, on the same day he was born. |