William Shakespeare, the world's greatest
playwright, was born in April , 1564.
He lived in Stratford-upon-Avon in central
England and attended Stratforn Grammar School.
In 1582, when Shakespeare was 18 years old,
he married a woman named Anne Hathaway, and they had three children .A few years after his marriage,Shakespeare moved to London
where he worked as both a playwright and an actor.
In 1593,he joined 'the Lord Chamberlain's Men',
One of England's most famous acting companies.
Shakespeare stayed with this group, acting and
writing, until 1599 . It was in this year that the
theatre where the group performed burned down.