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As you well know, Henry VIII was Elizabeth's father. Write a short profile of this amazing character. Use the next websites if necessary. http://www.wickham.newbury.sch.uk/topics/tudors/tudors.html http://tudorhistory.org/henry8/
NAME: BORN: PARENTS: CROWNED: RELIGION : MARITAL STATUS: CHILDREN: HOBBIES : MOST FAMOUS PALACE: HIS LORD CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND : DIED : REIGNED : BURIED :
Illustrations : (1)Henry VIII by Hans Holbein the Younger - The Royal Collection (2)Henry at approx. age 40. by Joos van Cleeve - The Royal Collection (3)A portrait of Henry by Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543) made c. 1536. Madrid, the Thyseen-Bornemisza Collection (4)Detail of Henry VIII by Hans Holbein the Younger - The Royal Collection

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Anne Hathaway's Cottage

Edward VI Grammar School

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Hall's Croft

Holy Trinity Church

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1. Surname of William Shakespeare's wife

2. The most cruel and bloody of Will's tragedies

3. Queen of England during most of Will's life

4. Tragedy set in the Roman Empire

5. Name of the book which collected Will's plays

6. Will's only son

7. Will's mother

8. Will's hometown

9. Name of Will's rival poet.

10.Founder of the Theatre

11.One of Will's most famous tragedies, in which a king has three daughters.

12.A famous theatre close to the Globe

13.Will's first daughter

14.Hamlet's unfortunate girlfriend

15.Will's theatre

16.One of Will's famous tragedy . " Out damn spot. Out, I say !"

17.Tragedy and name of the king who said " A horse. My kingdom for a horse !".

18.Tragedy and name of a man who killed his wife Desdemona for jealousy.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE' S BIOGRAPHY:

1. When was William Shakespeare born ? Where ?

He was born in the 23th of April, 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, in the United Kingdom.

2. Write the names of William Shakespeare’s parents . Who were they ?

His father was cold John Shakespeare and his mother was Mary Arden. His father was a farmer who prospered in farm products and wool, and his mother was the daughter of the owner of a farm.

3. Write the name of his wife . When did they get married ?

Anne Hathaway and William got married in 1582.

4. Write the names of his three children. What happened to them ?

Their first daughter was called Susanna. Then arrived twins called Hamnet and Judith. Hamnet died in of unknown causes at the age of eleven. Susanna married a famed and prosperous physician.

5. What was the name of his home town ?

Startford-upon-Avon.

6. Write the names of the buildings in his hometown related to him .st

You can visit the house where he was born and his wife’s cottage.

7. Where did he study ?

In King’s New School.

8. Did he go to university ?

He didn’t went to University, probably because his parents couldn’t pay it.

9. Why did he leave his family and hometown to go to London ?

Because he worked in the thearte.

10. How many plays had he written when he arrived in London ?

About thistry seven plays.

11. When can we find the first reference to Shakespeare in the literary world of London ?

In 1592

12. When he was in London , he was an actor and playwritght who belonged to the company called Lord Chamberlian's Men, which had been founded by Lord Chamberlian and whose theatre was called The Globe. They had the best actor Richard Burbage and the best dramatist William Shakespeare.

13. When and where did he die ?

In the 23th of April 1616, in Stratford-upon-Avon.

14. When and where did his wife die ?

She died in 1623 in New Place.

15. Where is he buried ?

In Holy Trinity Church, in Stratford-upon-Avon.

16. What did his will state ?

Shakespeare's will (made on March 25, 1616) is a long and detailed document. It entailed his quite ample property on the male heirs of his elder daughter, Susanna. As an afterthought, he bequeathed his "second-best bed" to his wife; but no one can be certain what this notorious legacy means. The testator's signatures to the will are apparently in a shaky hand.

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William Shakespeare Biography

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