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=Back to Shakespeare **William Shakespeare**=

· William Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564 in the town of Stratford. It is not known for sure that his birthday is on the 23rd. It is just traditionally celebrated on April, 23rd.(Brown) · William Shakespeare was better educated than many other of kids his age. Beginning at about the age of 7, William probably attended the Stratford grammar school with other boys of his social class. The school’s highly qualified teachers were graduates of Oxford University. Students spent about nine hours a day in school. They attended classes the year around, except for three brief holiday periods.(Lander)
 * Early Life of Shakespeare**

=Married Life Of Shakespeare= = = = = · On Nov. 27, 1582, Shakespeare received a license to marry Anne Hathaway, the daughter of a local farmer. The two families knew each other, but the details of the relationship between William and Anne have been a source of speculation.(Lander) (Elizabeth's Blog) - At the age of 18, William was young to marry, while Anne at 26 was of normal marrying age. The marriage appears to have been hurried, and the birth of their first child, Susanna, in May 1583 came only six months after marriage.(Encyclopedia)

- In 1585 WIlliam Shakespeare and his wife Anne Hathaway had two more children-the twins Hamnet and Judith. Because the marriage was evidently made in haste and because Shakespeare spent much of his later life away from his family in London, it has been surmised that the union was an unhappy one.(Pepys)