第二单元Very little is known for certain aboutWilliam Shakespeare. While his exact date of birth is （） , traditionally, his birthday is celebrated on April 23rd. He was born in Stratford, in the county of Warwickshire, England, to John Shakespeare, a glove maker, tanner, and wool dealer, and Mary Arden, the daughter of a prosperous farmer. William had three younger （）He likely went to a junior school where he would have learned the （） and basic writing. From the age of about seven, he would have progressed to the King's New School where the emphasis would have been on Latin, as it was the international （） of Europe in the 1500s. During his youth, Stratford was often visited by traveling troupes of professional actors, and it is believed that these players sparked his （）in theatre.In 1582, when he was 18, Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway, the daughter of a farmer. They had three children -Susanna, and later （）named Judith and Hamnet. From 1585 until 1592, very little is known about Shakespeare. But by 1592 he began making a name for himself among London's theatre-going crowd.By 1594, Shakespeare became a founding （）, actor, and playwright of the Lord Chamberlain's Men. While the precise chronology of his works is disputed, （） know that many of his most famous works were written between 1589 and 1613. His earliest plays were mainly comedies as well as histories, the latter of which focused on dramatizing the results of weak and corrupt rulers. Shakespeare would later dedicate himself to writing （）, undoubtedly his most well known works, until about 1608.These included plays such as Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth.Shakespeare managed to amass great wealth during his lifetime. Sometime after 1611, he （）to Stratford, where he would die five years later, at the age of 52.