SHAKESPEARE 400

#shakespeare400

This year, 2016, is the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death.To commemorate this special year, his plays will be performed at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Also everyone can visit his birthplace and explore his home or pay respects at his grave.

#stradfor-upon-avon

In Henley Street, Stradford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England is where it is believed that William Shakespeare was born in 1564 and where he lived his childhood.




#annehathaway

Anne Hathaway was Shakespeare's wife. They were married in 1582 when he was eighteen and she was twenty-six years old.


#theglobe

The original Globe Theatre was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's playing company. It was destroyed by fire on 29 June 1613. The theatre was rebuilt on June 1614.






#plays

The plays written by Shakespeare are divided into three genres: Tragedy (Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Antony and Cleopatra... ), History (Henry IV, Henry V...) and Comedy (As you like it, Cymbeline....)

#plague

Shakespeare live in the Elizabeth era when the Bubonic plague was virulent and it is a possibility that he died because of it. 

#1595

On 1595, William Shakespeare finished Romeo and Juliet.

#queenelisabeth

Queen Elisabeth supported Shakespeare's writing because she loved the theatrical drama.

#thearmad 

After the victory over the Spanish armada in 1588 Shakespeare's history plays were influenced by the new sense of English national identity.

#Shakespearequotes

"To be, or not to be. This is the question," - "Ser o no ser. Esa es la pregunta."

"The earth has music for those who listen." - "El mundo tiene musica para esos que escuchan."

"We know what we are, but we know not what we may be." - "Sabemos lo que somos, pero no sabemos lo que seremos."