Concetti Chiave
- William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, likely on April 23rd, into a family with a glover father and a mother from a notable local family.
- He married Anne Hathaway at eighteen and had three children, with a period known as "the lost years" due to missing records from 1585 to 1592.
- By 1592, Shakespeare was working in London as an actor and playwright, and during the plague-induced theater closures in 1593, he wrote many sonnets.
- Shakespeare was a member of "The Lord Chamberlain's Men," later "The King's Men," performing at the Globe Theatre and another indoor venue during winters.
- He authored thirty-seven plays over twenty years, with the "First Folio" published posthumously in 1623, containing thirty-six plays categorized into comedies, histories, and tragedies.
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Le origini di Shakespeare
We don't know much about William Shakespeare's life. He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564, probably on April 23rd. His father was a glover and his mother came from an important local family. William Shakespeare probably attended Stratford's grammar school, where he studied Latin and Greek. When I was eighteen he married Anne Hathaway, a girl eight years older than him, and in a few years they had three children.
Gli anni perduti e il successo a Londra
There is no record of his activities between 1585 and 1592 so , this period, has been called "the lost years". Shakespeare left Stratford-upon-Avon and by 1592 he was already active in London as actor and playwright. Shakespeare's career was interrupted in 1593 when because of the plague the theaters in London were closed until Spring 1594. In this period Shakespeare wrote many sonnet, so he is also one of England's greatest poets. When the theaters were opened, became a member of one of the best companies of players, "The Lord Chamberlain's Men", after called "The King's Men". They performed at the outdoor Globe theater, of which he was co-owner, in summer and indoor in another theater in winter. Thanks to his success, Shakespeare earned enough to be able to retire to Stratford in his later years, where he died in 1616 on the same day that he was born, 23rd April.
La produzione teatrale e il First Folio
Shakespeare wrote thirty-seven plays in a period of about twenty years, from 1591 to 1611. He used many sources for his plays including the classical Latin and Greek writings of Plutarch and Plautus. Shakespeare didn't publish his plays. The first collected of his plays came out in 1623, seven years after Shakespeare's death. It was edit by two actors and friends of Shakespeare and was traditionally called the "First Folio". The First Folio included thirty-six plays, divided into comedies, historical plays and tragedies and not in chronological order so is difficult to date Shakespeare's works.
Domande da interrogazione
- Quali sono le informazioni principali sulla vita di William Shakespeare?
- Quali furono le principali interruzioni nella carriera di Shakespeare?
- Come furono pubblicate le opere di Shakespeare dopo la sua morte?
William Shakespeare nacque a Stratford-upon-Avon nel 1564, probabilmente il 23 aprile. Si sposò con Anne Hathaway a diciotto anni e ebbe tre figli. Tra il 1585 e il 1592 non ci sono registrazioni delle sue attività, un periodo noto come "gli anni perduti". Si trasferì a Londra e divenne attore e drammaturgo. Morì nel 1616, il 23 aprile.
La carriera di Shakespeare fu interrotta nel 1593 a causa della peste, che portò alla chiusura dei teatri di Londra fino alla primavera del 1594. Durante questo periodo, scrisse molti sonetti.
Le opere di Shakespeare furono pubblicate per la prima volta nel 1623, sette anni dopo la sua morte, in una raccolta chiamata "First Folio", curata da due attori e amici di Shakespeare. Questa raccolta includeva trentasei opere, suddivise in commedie, drammi storici e tragedie.
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