William Shakespeare
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Oxford Bookworms Library, 2001. — 61 pages.С иллюстрациями, упражнениями и глоссарием.William Shakespeare. Born April 1564, at Stratford-upon-Avon. Died April 1616. Married Anne Hathaway: two daughters, one son. Actor, poet, famous playwright. Wrote nearly forty plays. But what was he like as a man? What did he think about when he rode into London for the first time . . . or when he was writing his plays Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet . . . or when his only son died? We know the facts of his life, but we can only guess at his hopes, his fears, his dreams.Contents: Map of Stratford-upon-Avon. Map of London. Toby remembers. Stratford-upon-Avon. The actors come to town. A new life in London. The plague years. Death in the family. Queens, Kings, and Princes. A Scottish King for England. The Mermaid Tavern. Back to Stratford. The last years. England will remember. Quotations in the story. Glossary. Activities.
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