T: So, pupils look at the active board. What can you see?
Pl: I can see William Shakespeare. William’s wife. etc.
T: What will be learning in our lesson?
Pl: I think William Shakespeare and his family. etc.
T: Yes, you are right, pupils.
T: Now, pupils read the text, firstly individual, then in
pair and in group.
William
Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564, in the town of Strat-ford-upon-Avon.
His father, John Shakespeare, was a glove-maker and wool-dealer.
William went
to the local free grammar school where he studied Latin. At the age of 18
Shakespeare married a local girl, Anne Hathaway.
We don't know
exactly when Shakespeare went to London, maybe in 1584-1589. Probably his
first play was "Titus Andronicus"( 1589/1590).
Shakespeare
wrote history plays such as "Henry IV" and "Richard III", comedies such as
"A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "A Comedy of Errors".
Shakespeare's early tragedy is "Romeo and Juliet".
Between 1600
and 1608 Shakespeare wrote his four great tragedies, "Hamlet"
"Othello" "Macbeth" and "King Lear". It is the
summit of Shakespeare's art.
"Hamlet" is probably the most popular, the best-known of all Shakespeare's
plays. It is a very philosophical play. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, is a
highly intelligent person.
Hamlet's
soliloquy is very famous: "To be, or not to be; that is the
question..."
Queen
Elizabeth I died in 1603 and was succeeded by James VI of Scotland, son of
Mary Stuart. James, who became James I of England and Scotland, was a lover
of the theatre.
Shakespeare
wrote a tragedy "Macbeth" in which action passes in Scotland. In
1606 Shakespeare was a very mature and successful playwright. He had become a
wealthy man.
In "King
Lear" we see evil defeated. "King Lear" is the greatest of all
Shakespeare's tragedies.
The story of
an old king of England and his three daughters was not invented by
Shakespeare. Shakespeare hardly ever invented the plot of his plays.
Between 1608
and 1613, Shakespeare wrote five plays: "Pericles"
"Cymbeline" "The Winter's Tale" "The Tempest"
and "Henry VIII" In "The Tempest" Shakespeare says
farewell to the theatre, to his friends.
On June 29,
1613, the Globe theatre was destroyed in a fire. For Shakespeare and his
colleagues it must have been a terrible time. The Globe was the greatest
theatre in England.
Shakespeare
died on April 23, 1616.
He wrote 38 plays and
many poems
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