Shakespeare is the greatest English actor and playwright (剧作家)of all times. He was born (出生)on April 26th, 1564, in England and died on April 23rd, 1616.
Shakespeare went to the Stratford Grammar School at the age of seven. He learned English and Latin(拉丁语) there. He also worked to help his father in the shop. At the age of eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway.They had two daughters and a son, but their son died early.
Shakespeare played in London theaters before joining a group of actors called “The Lord Chamberlain's Men” in 1594. Later, they became wealthy(富有的) and had enough money to build their theater in the south of London. They called it “The Globe”.
Shakespeare wrote 38 plays and 154 sonnets (十四行诗). Hundreds of sayings and proverbs(谚语) that we use every day are from Shakespeare's works, such as “To be or not to be, that's the question,” and “All's well that ends well.”
