William shakespeare professional biography ks2
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LEAH: Who was William Shakespeare?
William shakespeare professional biography ks2
We know he looked something like this, but because he lived so long ago we don’t know a huge amount about his life.
RICKY: But what we do know is that he is one of the greatest writers of plays the world has ever known…
LEAH: Shakespeare wrote plays about almost everything.
RICKY: He wrote about funny things.
EXTRACT A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM – BOTTOM ENTERS + ACTOR FAINTS
LEAH: He wrote about scary things.
EXTRACT MACBETH – WITCHES CALL “Macbeth!
Macbeth! Macbeth!”
RICKY: And he wrote about very sad things.
EXTRACT ROMEO AND JULIET – ROMEO: “Death that hath sucked the honey of thy breath and had no power yet upon thy beauty.
LEAH: But in everything he wrote William Shakespeare explored what it’s like to be a human being, what it’s like to be alive…
RICKY: And, even now, when we watch his plays, we can learn a lot about the world and about ourselves.
LEAH: Shakespeare was born in the year 1564 in the town of Stratford upon Avon.
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