Anne grew up just outside Stratford in the village of Shottery. When they married, Anne was 26 and William was 18. She was already expecting their first-born child, Susanna, which was a fairly common situation at the time. Shakespeare most likely attended until about age 15.Ī few years after he left school, in late 1582, William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway.
Like all such schools, its curriculum consisted of an intense emphasis on the Latin classics, including memorization, writing, and acting classic Latin plays.
Shakespeare, as the son of a leading Stratford citizen, almost certainly attended Stratford’s grammar school. Not long after that, however, John Shakespeare stepped back from public life we don’t know why. John rose through local offices in Stratford, becoming an alderman and eventually, when William was five, the town bailiff-much like a mayor. A prosperous businessman, he married Mary Arden, of the prominent Arden family. Their father, John Shakespeare, was a leatherworker who specialized in the soft white leather used for gloves and similar items. Growing up as the big brother of the family, William had three younger brothers, Gilbert, Richard, and Edmund, and two younger sisters: Anne, who died at seven, and Joan. He was John and Mary Shakespeare’s oldest surviving child their first two children, both girls, did not live beyond infancy. The works are ordered alphabetically.William Shakespeare was probably born on about April 23, 1564, the date that is traditionally given for his birth. The Marlowe has performed annually at Cambridge Arts Theatre since its opening in 1936 and continues to produce some of the finest actors of their generations.
The Marlowe was founded in 1907 with a mission to focus on effective delivery of verse, respect the integrity of texts and rescue neglected plays by Shakespeare’s contemporaries and the less performed plays of Shakespeare himself. Performed by an incredible array of the 20th century’s greatest actors, Ian McKellen, Timothy West, Diana Rigg, Derek Jacobi, Roy Dotrice, Prunella Scales and many others can be heard in these recordings.Īll of the Shakespeare plays within the Argo Classics catalogue are performed by the Marlowe Dramatic Society and Professional Players. This collection includes all 37 plays, four narrative poems and the sonnets. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly remastered stories are now available to download for the first time.įor the first time, the complete works of Shakespeare are available to download as one.
William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present Argo Classics, a historic catalogue of classic prose and verse read by some of the world’s most renowned voices.
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