The most influential writer in all of English literature, William Shakespeare was born in 1564 to a successful middle-class glove-maker in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. Shakespeare attended grammar school, but his formal education proceeded no further. In 1582 he married an older woman, Anne Hathaway, and had three children with her. Around 1590 he left his family behind and traveled to London to work as an actor and playwright. Public and critical success quickly followed, and Shakespeare eventually became the most popular playwright in England and part-owner of the Globe Theater. His career bridged the reigns of Elizabeth I (ruled 1558–1603) and James I (ruled 1603–1625), and he was a favorite of both monarchs. Indeed, James granted Shakespeare’s company the greatest possible compliment by bestowing upon its members the title of King’s Men. Wealthy and renowned, Shakespeare retired to Stratford and died in 1616 at the age of fifty-two.
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在所有英文文學中最有影響的作家，威廉莎士比亞於 1564 年出生在壹個成功的中產階級手套制造者家中，在英國的Stratford-upon-Avon。 莎士比亞進入了語文小學，但是他的正式教育沒有更進壹步進行。在 1582 年，他娶了壹個較年長的女人，安妮海斯微, 而且和她有了三個孩子。 1590 左右他丟下他的家庭到倫敦擔任壹個演員和劇作家。公眾和緊要關頭的成功很快地跟隨, 而且莎士比亞最後變成了英國和地球戲院的***有者中最流行的劇作家。 他的事業連接伊莉莎白壹世的執政( 1558-1603執政) 和詹姆斯壹世，而且他是壹個兩者帝王的喜歡人。的確，詹姆斯藉由在它的成員之上授予男人國王的名稱來贊許了莎士比亞的公司最好的稱贊。 富有而有名的, 莎士比亞在五十的時候到斯特拉特福德退休在 1616 年去世，享年52歲。