Elizabethan Theatre,
The Elizabethan Period:William Shakespeare is born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564. His father, John Shakespeare, was a farmer. He was chosen to be the town councillor and he had a high position as a mayor. His mother was Mary Arden of Wilmcote.
Shakespeare had a very good education. He went to a school with a good reputation. He attended grammar school until he was 14, but proceeded no further. He came in contact with the stories of Ovidius, the comedies of Plautus and the tragedies of Seneca. His father e