I really love to read. I like to experience the adventures of each hero, to be carried in time and space. It's always interesting to compare your thoughts with the opinion of the author, think out how you would act on the hero's place.
The first book I read myself was a collection of Russian folk tales. The magical world where the Snake-Gorynychi live, Vasilisa the Beautiful and the Ivan the prince, where the animals talk, and in the woods one can see the swine and stumble upon the hut of Baba-Yaga, I could not not like it.
And till now I most of all like fairy tales, everything magical and extraordinary. The best fairy tale, it seems to me, is Lewis Carroll's book "Alice in Wonderland".
In addition, I like to get acquainted with people with the help of books, learn from the life experiences of writers, their knowledge of people who put them into their works, see distant times and countries through the eyes of those who lived in that era. Nothing is able to replace the book: neither the world's best theatrical production, nor the film of the talented director.
My generation can not read. Naturally, I do not mean the ability to fold letters into syllables, and syllables into words. No, we are talking about something else: we do not know how to enjoy the book, empathize with heroes, appreciate the writer's talent and his mastery of the word. A disc with a Hollywood action movie or a new computer game means for any eleventh-grade student much more than the entire collection of Dostoevsky's works, and there are very few exceptions to this rule. This applies not only to my generation: gradually the culture of reading has begun to disappear for a long time.
Perhaps this is because in recent decades life has become much more dynamic and people do not have enough time to read. In addition, the book is difficult to compete with the constantly appearing novelties of cinema, the possibilities of the Internet, computer games. Gradually, classical literature becomes accessible to a relatively small number of people who are able to understand and appreciate the treasures it offers.
William Shakespeare, the greatest and most famous of English writers, and probably the greatest playwright who has ever lived, was bom on the 23d of April, 1564, in Stratford-on-Avon.
In spite of his fame we know very little about his life. At the age of six he was sent to school, but had to leave it at the age of 13. His father, John Shakespeare, was a glove-maker, and when he fell into debt, William had to help him in the trade.
Just what William did between his fourteenth and eighteenth year isn't known. At the age of eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway. Ann was eight years older than her husband and the marriage wasn't a happy one.
When Shakespeare was twenty-one, he went to London. We don't know why he left Stratford-on-Avon. There is a story that Shakespeare's first job in London was holding rich men's horses at the theatre door. But nobody can be sure that this story is true.
Later, Shakespeare became an actor and a member of a very successful acting company. It's highly probable that The Comedy of Errors, Romeo and Juliet and some other plays by Shakespeare were performed for the first time on this stage.
Very soon, however, the actors were told that they could no longer use the land that their theatre was built on and the company had nowhere else to perform. There is a story that in the dead of night the whole acting troop took down their theatre, timber by timber, brick by brick. They carried it across the river and rebuilt it. The new theatre was called the Globe.
Shakespeare wrote 37 plays: 10 tragedies (such as Hamlet, King Lear, Othello, Macbeth), 17 comedies (such as As You Like It, Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing), 10 historical plays (such as Henry IV, Richard III.). He also left 7 books of poems.
Most of Shakespeare's plays were not published in his lifetime. So some of them may have been lost in the fire when the Globe burnt down in 1613.
Shakespeare spent the last years of his life at Stratford, where he died, ironically, on the same date as his birthday, the 23d of April, 1616. He was buried in the church of Stratford. A monument was erected to the memory of the great playwright in the Poet's Corner in Westminster Abbey. In 1997, Shakespeare's Globe was restored.
Перевод
Уильям Шекспир, величайший и наиболее известный английский писатель, и, возможно, величайший драматург, когда-либо живущий, родился 23-го апреля 1564, в Стратфорде-на-Эйвоне.
Несмотря на свою известность, мы очень мало знаем о его жизни. В возрасте шести лет он был направлен в школу, но был вынужден оставить её в возрасте 13 лет. Его отец, Джон Шекспир, был перчаточником, и когда он залез в долги, Вильяму пришлось ему в его ремесле.
То, что Уильям сделал между четырнадцатью и восемнадцатью годами не известно. В возрасте 18 лет, он женился на Энн Хэтэуэй. Энн была на восемь лет старше мужа, и брак не был счастливым.
Когда Шекспиру было 21, он отправился в Лондон. Мы не знаем, почему он покинул Стратфорд-он-Эйвон. Существует легенда, что первой работой Шекспира в Лондоне было держать лошадей богатых людей у дверей театра. Но никто не может быть уверен, что эта история правдива.
Позже Шекспир стал актером и членом весьма успешной труппы. Весьма вероятно, что "Комедия ошибок", "Ромео и Джульетта" и некоторые другие пьесы Шекспира были впервые сыграны на этой сцене.
Очень скоро, однако, актерам сказали, что они уже не могут использовать землю, на которой их театр был построен и труппе не было где играть. Существует легенда, что под покровом ночи вся труппа разобрала свой театр по бревну и по кирпичикам. Они перенесли его через реку и восстановили его. Новый театр был назван "Глобус".
Шекспир написал 37 пьес: 10 трагедий (такие как "Гамлет", "Король Лир", "Отелло", "Макбет "), 17 комедий ( "Как вам это понравится", "Двенадцатая ночь", "Много шума из ничего"), 10 исторических пьес (таких, как "Генрих IV", "Ричард III" .). Он также оставил 7 книг стихов.
Большинство пьес Шекспира не были опубликованы при его жизни. Некоторые из них могут быть утеряны в огне, когда "Глобус" сгорел в 1613 году.
Шекспир провел последние годы своей жизни в Стратфорде, где он умер, по иронии судьбы, в тот же день, когда родился, 23 апреля 1616. Он был похоронен в церкви Стратфорда. Памятник был воздвигнут в память великого драматурга в Уголоке Поэтов в Вестминстерском аббатстве. В 1997 году "Глобус" Шекспира был восстановлен.
The first book I read myself was a collection of Russian folk tales. The magical world where the Snake-Gorynychi live, Vasilisa the Beautiful and the Ivan the prince, where the animals talk, and in the woods one can see the swine and stumble upon the hut of Baba-Yaga, I could not not like it.
And till now I most of all like fairy tales, everything magical and extraordinary. The best fairy tale, it seems to me, is Lewis Carroll's book "Alice in Wonderland".
In addition, I like to get acquainted with people with the help of books, learn from the life experiences of writers, their knowledge of people who put them into their works, see distant times and countries through the eyes of those who lived in that era. Nothing is able to replace the book: neither the world's best theatrical production, nor the film of the talented director.
My generation can not read. Naturally, I do not mean the ability to fold letters into syllables, and syllables into words. No, we are talking about something else: we do not know how to enjoy the book, empathize with heroes, appreciate the writer's talent and his mastery of the word. A disc with a Hollywood action movie or a new computer game means for any eleventh-grade student much more than the entire collection of Dostoevsky's works, and there are very few exceptions to this rule. This applies not only to my generation: gradually the culture of reading has begun to disappear for a long time.
Perhaps this is because in recent decades life has become much more dynamic and people do not have enough time to read. In addition, the book is difficult to compete with the constantly appearing novelties of cinema, the possibilities of the Internet, computer games. Gradually, classical literature becomes accessible to a relatively small number of people who are able to understand and appreciate the treasures it offers.
In spite of his fame we know very little about his life. At the age of six he was sent to school, but had to leave it at the age of 13. His father, John Shakespeare, was a glove-maker, and when he fell into debt, William had to help him in the trade.
Just what William did between his fourteenth and eighteenth year isn't known. At the age of eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway. Ann was eight years older than her husband and the marriage wasn't a happy one.
When Shakespeare was twenty-one, he went to London. We don't know why he left Stratford-on-Avon. There is a story that Shakespeare's first job in London was holding rich men's horses at the theatre door. But nobody can be sure that this story is true.
Later, Shakespeare became an actor and a member of a very successful acting company. It's highly probable that The Comedy of Errors, Romeo and Juliet and some other plays by Shakespeare were performed for the first time on this stage.
Very soon, however, the actors were told that they could no longer use the land that their theatre was built on and the company had nowhere else to perform. There is a story that in the dead of night the whole acting troop took down their theatre, timber by timber, brick by brick. They carried it across the river and rebuilt it. The new theatre was called the Globe.
Shakespeare wrote 37 plays: 10 tragedies (such as Hamlet, King Lear, Othello, Macbeth), 17 comedies (such as As You Like It, Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing), 10 historical plays (such as Henry IV, Richard III.). He also left 7 books of poems.
Most of Shakespeare's plays were not published in his lifetime. So some of them may have been lost in the fire when the Globe burnt down in 1613.
Shakespeare spent the last years of his life at Stratford, where he died, ironically, on the same date as his birthday, the 23d of April, 1616. He was buried in the church of Stratford. A monument was erected to the memory of the great playwright in the Poet's Corner in Westminster Abbey. In 1997, Shakespeare's Globe was restored.
Перевод
Уильям Шекспир, величайший и наиболее известный английский писатель, и, возможно, величайший драматург, когда-либо живущий, родился 23-го апреля 1564, в Стратфорде-на-Эйвоне.
Несмотря на свою известность, мы очень мало знаем о его жизни. В возрасте шести лет он был направлен в школу, но был вынужден оставить её в возрасте 13 лет. Его отец, Джон Шекспир, был перчаточником, и когда он залез в долги, Вильяму пришлось ему в его ремесле.
То, что Уильям сделал между четырнадцатью и восемнадцатью годами не известно. В возрасте 18 лет, он женился на Энн Хэтэуэй. Энн была на восемь лет старше мужа, и брак не был счастливым.
Когда Шекспиру было 21, он отправился в Лондон. Мы не знаем, почему он покинул Стратфорд-он-Эйвон. Существует легенда, что первой работой Шекспира в Лондоне было держать лошадей богатых людей у дверей театра. Но никто не может быть уверен, что эта история правдива.
Позже Шекспир стал актером и членом весьма успешной труппы. Весьма вероятно, что "Комедия ошибок", "Ромео и Джульетта" и некоторые другие пьесы Шекспира были впервые сыграны на этой сцене.
Очень скоро, однако, актерам сказали, что они уже не могут использовать землю, на которой их театр был построен и труппе не было где играть. Существует легенда, что под покровом ночи вся труппа разобрала свой театр по бревну и по кирпичикам. Они перенесли его через реку и восстановили его. Новый театр был назван "Глобус".
Шекспир написал 37 пьес: 10 трагедий (такие как "Гамлет", "Король Лир", "Отелло", "Макбет "), 17 комедий ( "Как вам это понравится", "Двенадцатая ночь", "Много шума из ничего"), 10 исторических пьес (таких, как "Генрих IV", "Ричард III" .). Он также оставил 7 книг стихов.
Большинство пьес Шекспира не были опубликованы при его жизни. Некоторые из них могут быть утеряны в огне, когда "Глобус" сгорел в 1613 году.
Шекспир провел последние годы своей жизни в Стратфорде, где он умер, по иронии судьбы, в тот же день, когда родился, 23 апреля 1616. Он был похоронен в церкви Стратфорда. Памятник был воздвигнут в память великого драматурга в Уголоке Поэтов в Вестминстерском аббатстве. В 1997 году "Глобус" Шекспира был восстановлен.