SHAKESPEARE

William Shakespeare was born on Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564, and he died in 1616. He was a poet and a playwright and he's considerate the greatest writer in the english language. His work consists of 38 plays, 154 sonets and some poems.

He married Anne Hathaway when he was 18 and he had 3 children with her. Then, he went to London to work as an actor and a writer. In the Globe Theatre, built in 1599, Shakespeare performed his firsts plays. In 1613 the theatre was destroyed, and in 1997 was built another one similar to the fisrt one.

Shakespeare’s work is still popular today because of these fantastic and quite simply action-packed stories that Shakespeare wrote.

THE MERCHANT OF VENICE:
This is the story of Antonio, who have to return money to a man, and, if he don't return it, he will lose a piece of his body.

HAMLET:

The story is about the dead of Hamlet's father, who is murdered by the man who will marries his mother. Also, everyone wants to see Hamlet dead. He wants to take the revenge.

AS YOU LIKE IT:
A romantic love story about a battle between two evil brothers and 2 good brothers.

HENRY V:
This play is about a famous English king and a famous battle (Agincourt).