A Biography of William Shakespeare Shakespeare was a great writer of plays in the Elizabethan Times. He was born to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden on April 23rd 1564, in Stratford-Upon-Avon. He was the only child and the only boy his parents had. Mary and John had two children (girls) before William, but they died. Will avoided 'The Black Death' which killed many babies during that era. His life was good and his first four years …showed first 75 words of 511 total…

…showed last 75 words of 511 total…more plays. The public loved the performances at the Globe and all of London knew who William Shakespeare was. In 1613 The Globe burns down accidentally during a performance of Henry VIII. The playhouse is rebuilt immediately on original foundations. This time the roof is tiled, not thatched. Shakespeare retires to Stratford-Upon-Avon and never wrote again. William Shakespeare died at the age of 52. He was laid to rest in the year 1616 in the Church of Trinity.