Shakespeares career In 1587 Shakespeare went to work

Shakespeare’s career • In 1587 Shakespeare went to work in London. • • • He wanted to be an actor and to write plays. In London he began to act and write plays for theatre. He became famous because his plays were very good. Soon he became an important member of a wellknown theatre. In 1599 they built their own theatre on the southern bank of the Thames river which was called the Globe Theatre

He wrote a lot of comedies and tragedies Among them are: • Hamlet As you like it King Lear • Othello Henry V Macbeth • The Taming of the Shrew Richard III • Romeo and Juliet Twelfth Night • A Midsummer Night’s Dream • Much Ado about Nothing and many, many other plays and sonnets

• It is one of the most famous • tragedies. Hamlet, the prince of Denmark is a student. His father died and his mother, Queen Gertrude, marries a new king. Hamlet hates his mother for marrying him. Listen to his philosophical thinking.

• It was written in 1604. • The marriage of Othello • and Desdemona has come to a shock to Iago and he does his best to blame Desdemona and to betray Casio. Now you can see the result of this struggle.

• The tragedy “Romeo and Juliet” was published in 1601. It is about love between two young people. They are above hatred between their families. They are ready to break this hateful tradition. Their wish to love and be loved is stronger.