Webquest: SHAKESPEARE

Webquest: Shakespeare: His life and works

He died on the 23rd of April (together with Cervantes), so here  we’re taking a closer look at England’s most famous author. 

This Shakespearean webquest by Luke Vyner includes activities on Shakespeare’s life, and 'Romeo and Juliet ’.

What do you know about William Shakespeare?

Activity 1: William Shakespeare: An introduction to his life

Read the biography on Shakespeare below and try to complete the missing information. Then, visit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/people/william_shakespeare to find the correct information and complete the short biography.

Shakespeare was born in ________ ________ ________ in Warwickshire. His father was a ________merchant and ________ maker. It is believed he schooled locally at ________ _________ ________ Grammar School.

At 18, he celebrated his marriage to ________ ________. They married in ________ and, in total, had ________ children together. Firstly, ________ and, then, ________ Hamnet and Judith. Sadly, Hamnet died at the age of ________.

As well as being a playwright, Shakespeare was also an ________ and was one of the managing partners in Lord Chamberlain’s Theatre Company, later renamed the King’s Company. Shakespeare wrote his first poems, ________ ________ ________ and The Rape of Lucrece between ________and ________.

As a playwright, Shakespeare was ________ and, from 1594 to 1611, he wrote about ________ plays per ________. Most of his early plays were ________ and ________.