Essay

William Shakespeare was on April 26th, 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. He was an English poet and play writer who was widely known and often regarded as one of the greatest writers of the English language. His plays have been translated into every major language and are preformed more often then others.
At age 18 Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway who bore his three children. He began a successful in London as an actor, writer, and part owner of a playing company. There are little to no recorders of the personal life of Shakespeare. But there has been speculation of matters such as his sexuality, religious beliefs, and whether others wrote his works.
Shakespeare has produced 38 plays, 154 sonnets, 2 long narrative pomes and several other pomes. He produced most of his known work between 1590 and 1613