Description A King foolishly divides his kingdom between his scheming two oldest daughters and estranges himself from the daughter who loves him.
In 1599 the Lord Chamberlain\'s Men built and occupied the Globe.
A rival dramatist, Robert Greene, referred to him as "an upstart crow, beautified with our feathers." Shakespeare became a principal shareholder and playwright of the successful acting troupe, the Lord Chamberlain\'s Men (later under James I, called the King\'s Men).
By 1592 Shakespeare had gone to London worKing as an actor and already known as a playwright.
Twins, a boy, Hamnet ( who would die at age eleven), and a girl, Judith, were born in 1585.
She was born on May 26, 1583.
In November 1582, at the age of eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway, eight years his senior, who was pregnant with their first child, Susanna.
William probably went to the King\'s New School in Stratford, but he had no university education.
He was one of eight children born to John Shakespeare, a merchant of some standing in his community.
The facts of his life, known from surviving documents, are sparse.
Each Edition Includes: - Comprehensive explanatory notes - Vivid introductions and the most up-to-date scholarship - Clear, modernized spelling and punctuation, enabling contemporary readers to understand the Elizabethan English- Completely updated, detailed bibliographies and performance histories - An interpretive essay on film adaptations of the play, along with an extensive filmography About the Author William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in April 1564, and his birth is traditionally celebrated on April 23.
The King and others pay dearly for their shortcomings-as madness, murder, and the anguish of insight and forgiveness that arrive too late combine to make this an all-embracing tragedy of evil and suffering.
So begins this profoundly moving and disturbing tragedy that, perhaps more than any other work in literature, challenges the notion of a coherent and just universe.
Description A King foolishly divides his kingdom between his scheming two oldest daughters and estranges himself from the daughter who loves him
