William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Born in Stratford-on-Avon eighty miles from London

Married Anne Hathaway in 1582

No original Shakespearean manuscript has survived to this day

His nickname was “The Bard” which means poet. He is recognized as the greatest poet the world has ever known

Some of Shakespeare’s plays:
Henry VI, King Lear, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Richard II