William+Shakespeare

= = Shakespeare’s characters tend to be heavily armed. There were many styles of handwriting in Shakespeare’s day, but most people used only one or two styles, and nobody used them all.

Some interesting facts are that men’s jewels were similar to women’s, but men tended to wear fewer. Men wore watches, belts, and girdle-books on occasion, and they also wore the occasional jeweled badge or pin.

William Shakespeare was born in 1564, in the small town of Stratford-upon-Avon, England. He was born into a prosperous middle-class family. His father, John, was one of Stratford’s leading men and served on the council that governed the town.

At the age of four, William Shakespeare would have gone to a “ petty school” to learn and read. Shakespeare’s favorite writer was the poet Ovid.

One of John Shakespeare’s workshops was situated in the house on Henley Street. He prepared the animal skins, then cut and sewed them in to gloves, wallets, and other leather goods from his workshop.

William Shakespeare was a professional actor, a businessman, and a playwright. Today, nearly 400 years after his, death, and his plays are still performed, moving audiences to tears and to laughter.

Shakespeare’s job was to be a wrighter, Shakespeare wrote many different types of plays for many companies.

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