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This website wants to inform about the most important and famous English poet and playwright William Shakespeare. Learn more about life, plays, poems, influence, speculations, works and criticism in relation to the greatest writer of the Elizabethan era.
Shakespeare’s parents, John Shakespeare and Mary Arden, were Catholic English people. His father was an alderman and Glover. His mother came from a wealthy landowning farmer family. The poet and dramatist was born as the third of eight children in Stratford-upon-Avon. The exact date of his birth is unknown.
Particularly the plays Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Othello and Macbeth are famous all over the world. Shakespeare wrote more than 35 plays, 150 sonnets and other narrative poems. His plays have been translated into various languages and are the most important plays in the field of theater until now. William Shakespeare powerfully influenced literature and theatres. He strongly characterized plot, genre, language and characterization in the field of theatre and literature. As well he was an instance for other writers – for example for Charles Dickens and Herman Melville.
Next to literal and historical facts and information you will be informed about the Hobart Shakespeareans. This is a school class with nine and eleven year old children. They start to acquire and perform different works of an English author from the 16th century. The Hobart Shakespeareans perform and as well understand the plays of Shakespeare. There is also an eponymous film, which shows how the children impress well known Shakespearean actors like Ian McKellen and Michael York. These kids are immigrants from Latin America and Asia in a Los Angeles inner-city public school. This school is situated in one of the toughest neighborhoods.
As well the latest news about books, literature film, and Shakespeare are presented on this site.