IntrotoEngLit2程序.ppt

Introduction to English Literature (Week 2) 15-16-1 English 1301/1302 Sheila William Shakespeare (1564-1616)(Dramatist, man of theatre and Poet) Born on April 23, 1564, in Stratford-upon-Avon In 1582, married at age 18, then had 3 children. In 1586, left for London. By 1584 he emerged as a rising playwright in London, acted and wrote for the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, later renamed as the King’s Men. From 1591 to 1611, the prime of his dramatic career. In 1599 a new theater, called The Globe, was built. In 1603, Hamlet was first printed. Shakespeare died on April 23, 1616. Comments by his Con