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William Shakespeare

Homeschool History

CHAPTER

The History of Shakespeare

In 1597 he bought the biggest house in Stratford upon Avon, which had maybe as many as 30 rooms. In 1603 his theatre company became the King's Men, the official performers for James I of England and James VI of Scotland. He stopped writing in 1613, because this was the year that his theatre, the Globe, burned down. So why do people still love his work so much? Well, it helps that there's loads of things to enjoy,. And he was incredible at making up clever phrases that we still use today. Have you ever said melted into thin air, or wild goose chase, or have you ever tried to break the ice? Then you have performed

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