There are four tragedies in Shakespeare's representative works: Hamlet (English: Hamlet), Othello (English: Othello), King Lear (English: King Lear) and Macbeth (English: Macbeth). Four comedies: A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night and All is Happy. Historical plays: Henry IV, Henry V, Richard II, etc. He also wrote 154 sonnets and two long poems. Ben Jonson called him "the soul of the times", and Marx called him and Aeschylus of ancient Greece "the greatest drama genius of mankind". Although Shakespeare writes only in English, he is a world-famous writer. Most of his works have been translated into many languages, and his plays have been staged in many countries. 1665438+ passed away on April 23rd, 2006. Shakespeare was born in the same year as Galileo, a famous Italian mathematician, physicist, astronomer and philosopher, and a pioneer of modern experimental science.
William shakespeare, a great playwright and poet in the English Renaissance, 1 1564 was born in Stratford, Varvik, central England on April 23rd. His father, Jone Shakespeare, is a grocer, engaged in wool, leather manufacturing and grain business. From 65438 to 0565, he served as the town civil affairs director and was elected mayor three years later. As a teenager, he studied in a local "literature school" which mainly taught Latin, and mastered the basic skills and rich knowledge of writing. However, due to his father's bankruptcy, he failed to graduate and embarked on his own way of making a living. He was an apprentice in a butcher shop, taught in a rural school and engaged in various other occupations, which made him gain a lot of social experience. Historian George Stevenson said that later generations roughly outlined Shakespeare's life track from these written materials: after the age of 20, he went to London, first as a groom, working as a handyman in the theater, and later as an actor, director and screenwriter, becoming a shareholder in the theater; He started writing around 1588, first adapting his predecessors' plays, and soon began to write independently. At that time, the theater was full of "university talents" with Oxford and Cambridge backgrounds. A famous playwright once wrote an article scornfully mocking Shakespeare, a "vulgar cloth" and a "nouveau riche crow", who dared to be compared with a "noble genius"! But Shakespeare later won the support and love of the audience, including college students' groups. The students performed some Shakespeare's plays at school after school, such as Hamlet and Wrong Comedy. 1597 Go back to your hometown to buy real estate and spend the last time of your life. Although he received a good basic education, he didn't go to college. 1598, F. Mills, a university scholar, listed Shakespeare's plays before the age of 35 in his treasure house of wisdom, praising his comedies and tragedies as "unparalleled" and equal to the first-class drama poets in ancient times. But he never published his own play before his death. The success of writing made Shakespeare win the favor of Lord Southampton, who became his protector. In the early 1990s, Shakespeare dedicated his two long poems Venus and adonis and the Shame of Lucretius to the Lord, and wrote some sonnets for the Lord. With the help of the Lord, Shakespeare entered the aristocratic culture salon, giving him an opportunity to observe and understand the upper class, expanding his life vision and providing a rich source for his later creation. Since 1594, the troupe to which he belongs has been sheltered by the palace minister and is called "the palace minister troupe". 1596, he applied for the title of "gentleman" and the right to own the coat of arms in the name of his father, and bought considerable real estate in three times. 1603, James I succeeded to the throne, and his troupe was renamed "King Sacrifice Troupe". He and the actors in the troupe were appointed as attendants of the court. Therefore, in addition to frequent tours, the troupe often performs in the court, and Shakespeare's plays are famous in all walks of life. Shakespeare has lived in London for more than twenty years, while his wife has been living in Stratford. He retired and returned to his hometown of Stratford when he was close to his fate (about 16 12). 1665438+On April 23rd, 2006, Shakespeare died unfortunately around his 52nd birthday and was buried in Trinity Church. Leave a will before death.