Susanna and Judith lived to ripe ages of sixty-six and sixty-one, respectively. Some suspect that his death was part of the inspiration behind The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (c.1601), a reworking of an older, lost play. Hamnet died in 1596 at the age of eleven of unknown causes.
A son, Hamnet, and a daughter, Judith, were baptized soon after on February 2, 1585. On Shakespeare’s first child, Susanna, was baptized at Stratford. After his marriage, William Shakespeare left few traces in the historical record until he appeared on the London literary scene. There appears to have been some haste in arranging the ceremony, as Anne was three months pregnant. Two neighbors of Anne, Fulk Sandalls and John Richardson, posted bond that there were no impediments to the marriage. Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway (who was 26) at the age of 18, on Novemat Temple Grafton, near Stratford. There is no evidence that his formal education extended beyond grammar school. Unfortunately there are no surviving school records to corroborate.
SHAKESPEER FREE
It is presumed that the young Shakespeare attended this school because John Shakespeare’s position as alderman allowed his children a free education at the school.
William Shakespeare probably attended the Stratford Grammar School in central Stratford, which likely provided an intensive education in Latin grammar, and translating such authors as Cicero, Virgil, and Shakespeare’s beloved Ovid. Some evidence points to possible Roman Catholic sympathies on both sides of the family-a danger under Elizabeth’s protestant rule. He was later prosecuted for participating in the black market in wool, and lost his position as an alderman. Shakespeare’s father was a prosperous glove maker and held many titles during his lifetime, including ale taster, chamberlain, alderman, bailiff (equivalent to mayor), and chief alderman. It is claimed that the poet was born in the room with the lattice windows.
The house in Stratford is known as “Shakespeare’s Birthplace,” although this status is uncertain. Legend has it that Shakespeare died of a fever, and although an outbreak of typhoid hit Stratford in 1616, the facts behind Shakespeare’s death remain a mystery. It is factual, however, that Shakespeare died on April 23, 1616. Baptisms were normally performed within a few days of birth, thus a tradition arose that he was born on Sunday, April 23, but this has no historical basis. Due to the fact that birth certificates were not issued during Elizabethan times, the first official record we have of Shakespeare is his baptismal record. His baptismal record is dated April 26 of that year. William was the son of John Shakespeare, a successful tradesman and alderman, and of Mary Arden, a daughter of the gentry. William Shakespeare (also spelled Shakspere, Shaksper, and Shake-speare, because spelling in Elizabethan times was not yet fixed and absolute) was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, England in April 1564.
0 kommentar(er)
