SHAKESPEARE

#Shakespeare400

This 2016 is the 400th anniversary of Shakspeare's death. The King's College in London organizes activities to celebrate the anniversary.

#Stratforfd Upon Avon

William Shakespeare was born in this house and lived here until he was old enough to marry and spend the first five years of family life here with his new wife, Anne Hathaway.

#Annehathaway

Anne Jacqueline Hathaway is an American actress and singer.

#The Globe

The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's playing company.

#Plays

A play is a form of literatur written by a playwright,usually consisting of dialogue between characters, intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading.
#Plague

Bubonic plague is one of three types of bacterial infection caused by Yersinia pestis. Three to seven days after exposure to the bacteria flu like symptoms develop.

#1595

A busy year for Shakespeare as he is thought to have composed Richard II performed that very same year, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, thought to be composed for a wedding and the greatest love story of all time, Romeo and Juliet.

#Queen Elizabeth

I was the daughter of King Henry the Eighth and Queen Anne Boleyn. I was Queen of England for 45 years. People call it the Elizabethan Age. It was a time of great achievement. Our sailors went around the world and discovered many things. The country became rich. The Elizabethan Age was famous for writers and musicians. 


#The Armada

The defeat of the Spanish Armada remains the most glorious event remembered of Elizabeth's reign: the forces of Europe's mightiest Catholic power were confounded by English sea dogs and "Protestant gales."

Spain and England were at daggers drawn almost from the time of Elizabeth's accession, with her rejection of Philip II's proposal of marriage. The two states were ideologically and commercially opposed--England's trade with the Spanish-controlled Netherlands increasingly challenged Philip's colonial empire.

#Shakespeare Quotes

William Shakespeare quotes such as "To be, or not to be" and "O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?" form some of literature's most celebrated lines. Other famous Shakespeare quotes such as "I 'll not budge an inch", "We have seen better days" ,"A dish fit for the gods" and the expression it's "Greek to me" have all become catch phrases in modern day speech. Furthermore, other William Shakespeare quotes such as "to thine own self be true" have become widely spoken pearls of wisdom.