About Shakespeare

My B.A. exams are nearer to be held in June-July 2005, and i haven't studied properly for the exam. While my subjects need study. Because English Literature is considered one of the toughest subjects in Pakistan. There are two plays in my course, A Man for All seasons by Robert Bolt and Twelfth Night by Shakespeare. I searched for the notes of Twelfth Night in Karachi, but i was unable to get the notes. So I got it from Peshawar. The notes are in-depth study of Shakespeare's plays, his works, his life and many more topics. That is why it is about 440 pages. But it is interesting.

At the end, It has a brief chronology about Shakespeare which is as under:
1564 William shakespeare born, Chirstened at Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-on-Avon,
on April 26.
1582 Married to Anne Hathaway in November
1583 Daughter, Susanna born.
1585 Twins, Judith and Hamner, born.
1585-90 Shakespeare's life during these years is a matter of conjecture.
1592 Shakespeare has acquired a reputation as a playwright sufficient to provoke the
jealousy of Greene, who calls him "an upstart crow".
1593-94 Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece dedicated to the earl of Southhampton.
1595 Shakespeare has become a prominent member in the newly formed company of Lord
Chamberlain's Players.
1596 Son, Hamnet, dies.
1597 Shakespeare purchases New Place in Stratford.
1597 Living in Bishopsgate in London.
1599 Moves to Southwark near the Globe theatre erected by his company.
1602 Purchases more property in Stratford.
1603 Royal patronage extended to his company.
1607 His daughter, Susanna, marries Dr. John Hall.
1608 Grand-daughter, Elizabetn Hall, born.
1613 Purchases Gatehouse in Blan=ckfriars.
1613 Globe Theatre consumed by fire.
1616 His daughter, Judith, marries Thomas Quiney.
1616 Shakespeare alters his will on March 25.
1616 Shakespeare dies on April 23.
1623 First Folio edition of Shakespeare's Heminge and Condell.