@Smilelyy 7 October 2022 edited

William Shakespeare:- "England's National Poet" William Shakespeare is the world's greatest **dramatist** and he is the **National poet** of England. *He wrote many plays sonnets* (a poem of 14 lines). Basically he wrote poems in his private dairy and he did not like to share them.

When William Shakespeare dead then, these Sonnets were published. He wrote many tragedies, comedies and personally, I like his tragedy most. In our **Bollywood** Industry, many movies are based on the life of William **Shakespeare's tragedies**. Especially **Vishal Bhardwaj**, who is a great Indian film director and he made many movies related to William Shakespeare's tragedies. At the time it is commonly said that the most readable book after Bible is William Shakespeare's Sonnets and tragedies. He **never** went to any **university** and has **no degree**. There is no record found or exists of the birth of William Shakespeare. We do not have more knowledge about him and related to his life. But scholars estimated that he was born on April 23, 1564 at Holy Trinity Church, England.

He was the 3rd child of **John Shakespeare**. His father was John Shakespeare and he was a leather merchant. He wrote many tragedies in which The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, often shortened to **Hamlet** were written around 1600. It was Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words in which Hamlet is my favorite one. You can easily relate yourself by Hamlet and in Bollywood a movie made on this story. He was mostly famous for his writing. He wrote a love story "Romeo and Juliet" that is famous all over the world. He also wrote about Henry 4 (part 1,2,3). William Shakespeare's Early Life:- Many people believed that he did his schooling from King's New School in Stratford and in that school he learnt reading, writing and the classic. At the age of 18 years he **married** with a 26 years old woman and her name was **Anne Hathaway** on 28 November, 1582 in **Canterbury Province**.

LOST YEAR:- It is a period of 7 years and scholar did **not** found any **evidence** or **records** after the birth of Shakespeare's twin daughters in 1585. So, scholars said that period as the lost year. He wrote on several main theme:- **histories**, **tragedies**, **comedies** and **tragicomedies**. His **famous** tragicomedies are **Cymbeline**, **The Winter's Tale** and **The Tempest**. It is difficult to find the exact chronology of his plays but approximately he wrote 37 plays. Family Background:- At starting he wrote mostly histories. In 1610, Shakespeare took retirement and in **1616** William Shakespeare **died**. Before he died, he would have given all his property and wealth to his elder daughter whose name was 'Susanna Hall'.

**William Shakespeare** and **Anne Hathaway** had **3 children** in which one **boy Hamnet** and **2 daughter** (**Susanna Hall** and **Judith**). But When Hamnet (his boy) was 11 years old then he died. Shakespeare loved more with his elder daughter Susanna Hall and she was eldest among his 3 children. The especial things which I noticed that he wrote on kings as well as on villagers. Thank you friends for reading :)