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William Shakespeare and the man behind the genius a biography. Little Brown and Company 2000. McLeish Kenneth and Sephen Unwim. ...

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William Shakespeare The Lost Years World of Shakespeare Horace Greeley High School George Anesi December 2001Page 1William Shakespeare The Lost YearsWorld of Shakespeare Horace Greeley High SchoolGeorge Anesi December 2001William Shakespeare was born on April 26th15641in Stratford onAvon toparents John and Mary. Growing up he received a good education for a country boy ofthat period. He attended the village elementary school was tutored by his mother andothers and learned a great deal by himself2. At the age of 18 he married Anne Hathawayhad his first child Susanna in 1583 followed by twins Judith and Hamnet in 1585.Documentation ends here. From the years 1586 to 1592 there is little to no informationabout his activities and whereabouts. During this unaccounted for period of timeShakespeare had to get from Stratford to London where his presence was first reportedby Robert Green in 1592 as an upstart crow in the theatre industry.Biographers and historians have done extensive research trying to find someinformation about these missing years. There are dozens of theories regarding hiswhereabouts but three main explanations are widely accepted in the historicalcommunity. Each of these is backed up by writings from around that time or from laterin history but all are circumstantial. The theories include Shakespeare fleeing Stratfordafter being caught poaching game on Sir Thomas Lucys property his employment as alaw clerk while remaining in Stratford and his service as a schoolmaster in farawayLancashire3. Because of the mystery surrounding these years in the life of this geniushistorians have now applied to this period the title The Lost Years.1It is also accepted that William Shakespeare was born April 23rd1564 on St. Georges Day.2It is thought by many that William taught himself how to write from a book.3This theory was formulated in Aubrey in his Brief Lives (1681) and was later argued by E.A.J Honigmannin his 1985 book Shakespeare: The Lost Years.Page 2The first of ...

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