William Shakespeare`s Life, Love, and Legacy

William Shakespeare`s birthplace is located in Henley Street, Startford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England and believed that he was born in 1564.He was a great poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world`s greatest dramatist. Shakespeare`s Birthplace is a restored 16th-century half-timebered house.

It is now a small museum open to the public and a popular visit attraction, owned and managed by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. It has been referred to us a "mecca for all lovers of literature." The house itself is relatively simple, but for the late 16th century it would have been considered quite a substantial dwelling.
Known throughout the world, Shakespeare`s writings capture the range of human emotion and conflict and have been celebratedfor more than 400 years. And yet, the personal life of William Shakespeare is somewhat a mystery.

He was married to Anne Hathaway when he was 18 years old and Anne was 26, and it turned out that she was pregnant. They had 3 children Susanna, the eldest and twins Judith and Hamnet. Shakespeare had four grandchildre as well who all died without heirs, so there are no direct descendants of his line today.
Some of his best plays include: The Merchant of Venice, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, Othello, King Lear, Mid-Summer Night`s Dream, macbeth and Hamlet.

Some Important Facts of His Life:
1. He is buried in the chancel of Holy Trinity Church in his home town of Stratford, Warwickshire and the cause of death is unknown.
2. In 1585, Shakespeare disappeared for almost seven years, and historians call this period of life as the lost years.
3. By 1592, Shakespeare was receiving his first literary criticism with playwright Robert Greene, criticising Shakespeare for being "Jack of all trades" , a second rate tinkerer with the works of others.
4. Shakespeare is credited by the Oxford English Dictionary to have introduced almost 3,000 words in English language.
5. He wrote 37 plays and more than 150 sonnets and other poems.
6. Shakespeare is often referred to as Elizabethan playwright, but most of his players were written in the Jacobean period.
7. In 1599, the company built their own theater, The Globe on the south banks of the River Thames.

There is a Nash's House in Chapel Street, Startford, is the house next door to the ruins and gardens of William Shakespeare`s final residence, New Place and is converted into a museum. The museum traces the history of Startford-upon-Avon until the time of Shakespeare.
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