WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

The most famous playwright in British literature is William Shakespeare. He was born in Strattford-Upon-Avon in 1564 and died on the 23th April 1616. This means that this year the 400th anniversary of his death is celebrated.

• Here you are a biography

 

• And these are the summaries of some of his most famous plays. Can you classify them into COMEDIES, TRAGEDIES or HISTORICAL PLAYS?

•  Would you like to know how people live in Shakespearean times? Click here

• Finally, this is the Globe Theatre in London, the place where Shakespeare's plays are reperesented