He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "the Bard"). Animated videos explore the plays and their contexts. Anticipating that the world would eventually recognize Shakespeare’s genius, Ben Jonson—an important literary figure in his own right—proclaimed in the folio’s preface that his friend was a writer “not of an age, but for all time!” The four centuries since Shakespeare’s death have confirmed Jonson’s assessment. Shakespeare's daily activities after he left school and before he re-emerged as a professional actor in the late 1580s are impossible to trace. 5989 quotes from William Shakespeare: 'The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. Their daughter Elizabeth, Shakespeare's first grandchild, was born in 1608. Welcome to Open Source Shakespeare (OSS). Full texts, summaries, illustrations, guides for reading, plus more about Shakespeare’s language, life, and the world he knew. It is used regularly by scholars, educators, and Shakespeare lovers around the world. There is evidence to suggest that Shakespeare was a “secret” Catholic, so he may have been disappointed that the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 failed. The son of John Shakespeare and Mary Arden, he was probably educated at the King Edward VI Grammar School in Stratford, where he learned Latin and a little Greek and read the Roman dramatists. Shakespeare's plays; Title Year written First publications Performances Authorship notes Henry IV, Part 1: Likely early to mid 1590s First published in a 1598 quarto by Andrew Wise : Though 1 Henry IV was almost certainly in performance by 1597, the earliest recorded performance was on 6 March 1600, when it was acted at Court before the Flemish Ambassador. Shakespeare, with his Catholic roots, drew upon this in his plays. . Public Domain. Media-rich, full-text editions of Shakespeare's plays . William Shakespeare (bapt. William Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564, in Stratford-upon-Avon. He spent the last few years of his life in New Place , the town's largest house, which he had purchased in 1597. When Shakespeare retired from London around 1610, he returned to Stratford-upon-Avon, the market town in which he was born that's about 100 miles west of London on the River Avon. 1605: The Gunpowder Plot . ', 'Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. Performances of key scenes bring Shakespeare's language to life. Shakespeare's only son, Hamnet, died in 1596 at the age of 11. Since it debuted in 2003, OSS has become one of the most popular Shakespeare sites on the Internet. News about William Shakespeare, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times. In 1616, just months before his death, Shakespeare's daughter Judith married Thomas Quiney, a Stratford vintner. His older daughter Susanna later married a well-to-do Stratford doctor, John Hall. The earliest play that is directly attributed to Shakespeare is the trilogy of "King Henry VI," with Richard III also being written around the same time, between 1589 and 1591. William Shakespeare wrote at least 37 plays that scholars know of, with most of them labeled is comedies, histories, or tragedies. Interactive Content. Suggestions that he might have worked as a schoolmaster or lawyer or glover with his father and brother, Gilbert, are all plausible. Read Shakespeare’s plays for free from the Folger Shakespeare Library! ', and 'Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.' 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. Interviews with the characters illuminate themes and ignite discussion. The Gunpowder Plot. 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