SHAKESPEARE
#shakespeare400
Shakespeare400 is a consortium of leading cultural, creative and educational organisations.
Is coordinated by King's College London.
Mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death.
#stradford-upon-avon
Stradford-upon-avon is the birthplace of William Shakespeare.
It is the one of the most important tourist destinations in the UK.
It have easy road, rail and airport access.
#annehathaway
Anne Hathaway was the wife of William Shakespeare.
They were married when he was 18 and she 26 years old.
She believed to have grown up in Shottery, just to the west of Stradford-upon-avon.
#theglobe
Shakespeare's Globe is the complex housing a reconstruction of the Globe Theatre.
Was the originally built in 1599, destroyed by fire in 1613, rebuilt in 1614, and demolished in 1644.
#plays
The plays are written by William Shakespeare.
Traditionally, the plays are divided into the geners of tragedy, history and comedy.
They have been translated into every major living language.
#plague
Shakespeare was living in arguably the worst place Carried by fleas living on the fur of rats, the plague swept through London
#1595
A busy year for Shakespeare as he is thought to have composed Richard II performed that very same year thought to be composed for a wedding and the greatest love story of all time, Romeo and Juliet.
#queenelizabeth
She was the daughter of King Henry the Eighth and Queen Anne Boleyn The Elizabethan Age was famous for writers and musicians.
Elizabeth I became the Queen of England in 1558, six years before Shakespeare's birth.
#thearmada
The defeat of the Spanish Armada remains the most glorious event remembered of Elizabeth's reign.
#shakespearequotes
To be, or not to be: that is the question". - (Act III, Scene I).
Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.
All the world's a stage.
Expectation is the root of all heartache.
Have more than you show, speak less than you know.
-O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?
