william shakespeare
Parents: John and Mary Shakespeare.
Brothers and sisters:
Joan, born 1558, died before 1569.
Margaret, born 1562, died 1563 (aged 5 months).
William, born 1564, died 1616. r
Joan, born 1569, married William Hart, died 1646.
Anne, born 1571, died 1579.
Richard, born 1574, occupation unknown, died 1613.
Edmund, born 1580, "player," died 1607.
Schooling: unknown. Records for the school at Stratford are lost; as the son of an Alderman, William would have gone to the parish school.
Married: Anne Hathaway (26) when he was 18, in 1582.
Children: Susannah, born in 1583; Hamnet and Judith (twins), born in 1585.
First mention as playwright: the attack by Robert Greene in 1592.
First document mentioning him as connected with the theater: an entry in the Declared Accounts of the Treasurer of the Royal Chamber, dated 15 March 1595.
First published play: Henry VI, Part Two, which appeared in 1594.
Total number of plays: 37 (see the Chronology ).
Poems: Sonnets, narrative poems.