2.0 William Shakespeare(1564-1616) 2.1Life From three sources,we know Shakespeare's life:the church and legal records,the folk traditions,and the comments of his contemporaries. Shakespeare was bor on the 23d of April,1564,in Stratford-on-Avon,Warwickshire(沃里克郡艾汶河畔的斯特拉福 镇). He got education in a local grammar school for a few years 5 There he picked up the"small Latin and less Greek". When Shakespeare was about fourteen years old,he left school and became a country schoolmaster to help support his family. In 1582 Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway who was eight vears older than her husband. A few years later,Shakespeare went to London,where he first did some odd jobs.It was said that he kept horses for the audience outside the play houses.Then by 1592,he became an actor and a writer. In 1593-1594,Shakespeare published his two narrative poems, Venus and Adonis and The Rape ofLucrece. In 1612 he retired from the stage and returned to his hometown,where he bought a considerable estate and lived until his2.0 William Shakespeare (1564-1616) 2.1Life From three sources, we know Shakespeare's life: the church and legal records, the folk traditions, and the comments of his contemporaries. Shakespeare was born on the 23rd of April, 1564, in Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire( 沃里克郡艾汶河畔的斯特拉福 镇). He got education in a local grammar school for a few years. There he picked up the “small Latin and less Greek". When Shakespeare was about fourteen years old, he left school and became a country schoolmaster to help support his family. In 1582 Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway who was eight years older than her husband. A few years later, Shakespeare went to London, where he first did some odd jobs. It was said that he kept horses for the audience outside the play houses. Then by 1592, he became an actor and a writer. In 1593-1594, Shakespeare published his two narrative poems, Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece. In 1612 he retired from the stage and returned to his hometown, where he bought a considerable estate and lived until his 5’ 5’ 5’