Sporus biography of william shakespeare summary

William Shakespeare was an English writer, theater actor, and director, in general, considered the greatest English writer and the world's most famous and performed playwright.

William shakespeare early life

His works have been translated into all languages of the world. So little is known of any other writer as of William Shakespeare. The personality of the writer, whose works are known throughout the educated world is still a mystery.

Early Life and Education

William Shakespeare was born in the small town of Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564, in the county of Warwickshire (at the same time as Michelangelo died in Rome), as the third and oldest male child of eight children.

He was baptized on April 26, 1564, so he is considered to have been born on April 23, 1564.

His father was John Shakespeare, a respectable and wealthy merchant-craftsman, and a member of the Municipal Council. The fact that in 1596 John Shakespeare could pay for him and his family’s coat of arms depicting falcons and spear