Нужен перевод! the great poet and dramatist william shakespeare is often called by his people "our national bard", "the immortal poet of nature" and "the great unknown". more than two hundred contemporary references to shakespeare have been located among church records, legal records, documents in the public record office, and miscellaneous repositories. when these owe assembled, we have at least the sceleton out line of his life, begining with his baptist on april 26, 1564, in trinity church, stratford-upon-avon, and ending with his burial there on april 25, 1616. shakespeare native place was sratford-upon-avon, a little town in warwickshire, which is generally described as being in the middle of england. shakespeare's father, john, was a prosperious glove maker of stratford who, after holding minor municipal offices, was elected high bailiff of stratford. shakespeare's mother mary arden, came from an affluent family of landowners. shakespeare probably recieved his early education at the exellent stratford grammar school, supervised by an oxford graduate, where he would have learned latin smattering of greek. in 1582 shakespeare married anne hathaway, who lived in a neighboring hamlet. the first child born to ann and william was their daughter susanna. in about two years ann bore him twins a boy and a girl, hamlet and jidith. then life in stratford became intolerable for william shakespeare and he decided to go to london and begin a theatrical career. shakespeare major activity lays in the field of drama. he became a full shareholder in his acting company, he was co-owner of "the globe" theatre and later of "the black friars" theatre, and in 1597 he purchased property in strarford, including one of the largest houses in the town. he probably retired about 1610, travelling to london when necessary to take care of his theatrical business. in all, 154 sonnets sequence. the sonnets were probably writtenin the 1590 but were first published in 1609. заранее ))
