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The Introduction of Shakespeare By Class 5’s 2nd Group Main Items The Brief Introduction of Shakespeare The Great Comedies The Mature Histories The Great Tragedies Hamlet Features of Shakespeare’s Drama Name: William Shakespeare Life Span: April 23,1564 - April 23,1616 School experience: attended to a local grammar school at the age of seven (read widely); left school when he was fourteen (become a schoolmaster) Marriage: married to Anne Hathaway in 1582, had three children (Susanna, Judith and Hamnet) Road of the Famous He was said to have kept horses . (go through hardships and undertake many odd jobs) He became an actor of some dramatic troupe, playing minor parts. (learn much of the technique of dramatic art ) He was always keenly alive to the events of contemporary life. (work hard with his pen, revise old plays and wrote new ones) A Chronological List of Shakespeare’s Plays 1590 Henry4, Part 2,3 1591 Henry4, Part 1 1592 Richard 4, The Comedy of Errors 1593 Titus Andronicus, the Taming of the Shrew 1954 the Two Gentlemen of Verona, Love’s Labor’s Lost, Romeo and Juliet ……（P57 – P58） The Great Comedies About The Great Comedies: They are stories about some young people who pursued the truth, their dreams and love. Shakespeare portrayed these young people just freed from feudal fetters, he sang of their youth, love, and ideal of happiness. The general spirit is optimism. The Later Comedies Works: Pericles Cymbeline The Winter’s Tale The Tempest “Our revels now are ended. ...and our little life Is rounded with a sleep.” “我们的狂欢已经终止了。........我们的一生是在酣睡之中。” The Mature Histories Henry IV （亨利四世）： two parts Henry VIII （亨利八世） Henry V （亨利五世） Richard