| William Shakespeare |
| By Ana Cristina |
| Novembro de 2001. N. 1 Ano 1 |
| William Shakspeare was a famous playwriter and an English poet. Owner of the phrase “to be or not to be”. He was born in 1564 in Stradford upon Avon. His father was a successful businessman and he had a good standard of life, but soon he failed. His mother was the daughter of a rich farmer. When he was 18 years old he fell in love and got married with a woman 8 years older then him, Anne Hathaway. He was an actor and a shareholder of the group of the Lord Chamberlain. The stage was a great deal for him. In 1596 he rebuilt his family’s fortune. In 1598 he built the Globe Theatre. He wrote some poems and 38 plays. Who never watched or heard about “Romeu and Juliet” ? Many people still don’t know who wrote it. But it’s one of his main plays .There are other great success of Shakspeare that are famous until now, like “Hamlet”, “King Lear””, “Midsummer Nigth Dreams”, “Othelo”, they are great plays. |
| Shakespeare was a famous writer. He’s known all over the world for his excellent plays. A very known one is “Romeo and Juliet”. It’s a romance between two teenagers from rival families. They lived a hidden love when Romeo killed a man and had to run away. Juliet, not willing to get married to another man, drank a potion to pretend that she was dead for two days. But Romeo didn’t know about it. When he arrived in his city and saw his lover dead, he committed suicide. At this right moment Juliet woke up. Seeing her lover dead made her commit suicide too. Like this one, there are many other excellent stories by Shakespeare. Also see Hamlet, Othelo, Midsummer Night Dreams, etc. |
| Romeo and Juliet |
| By Munique |
| GLOSSARY: playwriter: escritor de teatro; owner: o dono; standard: padrão ; failed: faliu; fell in love; apaixonou-se; shareholder: acionista; stage: palco; rebuilt: reconstruiu; main: principal; play: peça |
| GLOSSARY: known: conhecido; teenagers: adolescentes; hidden: escondico; killed: matou; dead: morto run away: fugir pretend: fingir; not willing: sem querer |
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