Known as the greatest English writer of all time, William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, in April 1564. He is the son of a glove maker named John Shakespeare and Mary Arden. He was baptized on April 26, 1564 and April 23 has been considered his birthday. Shakespeare’s father, John, was a prosperous glove maker during Shakespeare’s birth. However, he was prosecuted for participating in the black market for wool and, as a result, lost his position as alderman.

On November 28, 1952, Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway in what is believed to have been a hasty wedding due to Hathaway’s pregnancy. On May 26, 1583, Shakespeare’s first child, Susanna, was baptized in Stratford. Less than two years later, on February 2, 1585, her son and her daughter, Hamnet and Judith, were baptized. Hamnet died in 1596 and many people believed that this inspired Shakespeare to write “The Tragic Story of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark”.

William Shakespeare has become a writer, actor and co-owner of “The Lord Chamberlain’s Men” theater company. This theater company became famous after the death of Queen Elizabeth I and during the coronation of King James I. The monarchy adapted the theater company and was renamed “The King’s Men”.

Shakespeare wrote some of the world’s greatest tragic plays, including “Romeo and Juliet,” “Macbeth,” “King Lear,” “Othello,” and “Hamlet.” He has also written such timeless comedies as “The Comedy of Errors”, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and “The Tempest”.

The works that William Shakespeare has written continue to be widely performed and studied to this day in different parts of the world. In fact, William Shakespeare is a person who made the British flag proud.