Shakespeare came from nowhere and made his fortune with his pen. Stratford was a long way from London, and no rich nobles who might employ an educated young local existed in the vicinity. He got picked up because he was good enough by leading companies of actors that toured the country.
William Shakespeare was born on the 23rd April 1564 to a successful middle-class glove-maker his dad John Shakespeare 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 called Susanna, then twins called Judith and Hamnet. Around 1590 he left his family behind and travelled to London to work as an actor and playw
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