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William Shakespeare 1564-1616
Stratford-upon-Avon
Parents: John, Mary Arden Shakespeare
Married: Anne Hathaway of Shottery
Susanna & Twins, Hamnet and Judith

“Small Latin and less Greek”
-Ben Jonson
“an upstart crow…”
-Robert Greene
• The first printed allusion to him is from 1592, in the pamphlet Greenes Groats Worth of Witte
Shakespeare 'was not of an age, but for all time': Jonson
Literary activity extends over 24 years (1588-1612)
Lord Chamberlain’s Men (under the patronage of James I)
37 plays
154 sonnets
2 long narrative poems
Francis Meres, a minor writer, published praise of Shakespeare in PALLADIS TAMIA:
WIT'S TREASURY (1598): first reference of his plays
1st Folio
Printed between Feb. 1622 and Nov. 1623
John Hemings
Henry Condell
Dedicated to William Herbert, earl of Pembroke, and Philip Herbert, earl of Montgomery
MR WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDIES, HISTORIES, AND TRAGEDIES
36 dramas – PERICLES omitted 2nd Folio
Issued in 1632
Containing 'An Epitaph on . . . Shakespeare' by Milton, which was his first published poem.
3rd Folio
Issued in 1663
The fourth and last Folio
Published in 1685