As a child, William Shakespeare enjoyed reading stories written by latin authors. He studied at the Stratford Grammer School from the age of 6-13. During his spare time he worked part time for a butcher.
In 1582, he married Anne Hathaway, of 25, who was an orphan. Approximately a year later, the newly weds had their first child, Susanna. Later down, in 1585 the Shakespearean couple were blessed with another bundled of joy. In this bundle camm a pair of twins which they named Hamnet and Judith. However this joy did not last long, for at the tender age of 11, Hamnet died(maybe a good reason why her father named one of his first tragedies Hamlet...?).
There were two periods of 'lost years' which were between 1578-1582 and 1585-1592. In other words, during this time, there were no records of Shakespeare's whereabouts.
At the end of those time periods, Shakespeare began his career in London as a playwright and actor. In 1902 he wrote Hamlet. The tragedy which washed him to the shores of fame and ever increasing wealth.
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