SHAKESPEARE

William Shakespeare was a poet and he is the greatest writer in the English language. 

He was born in central England in 1564 and he died in 1616. 

He is best known for his plays, which have been translated into every major language and are perfomed more than those of any other playweight in the world.

At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, and they had three children. He moved to London to work, where in 1599 the Globe Theathre was built, and there some of his plays where first performed. In 1613 it burnt, and in 1997 a reconstruction was built near the original.

Examples of Shakespeare's plays: 

Romeo and Juliet

Antony and Cleopatra

Titus Andronicus