作者簡(jiǎn)介:William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in April 1564, and his birth is traditionally celebrated on April 23. The facts of his life, known from surviving documents, are sparse. He was one of eight children born to John Shakespeare, a merchant of some standing in his community. William probably went to the King’s New School in Stratford, but he had no university education. In November 1582, at the age of eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway, eight years his senior, who was pregnant with their first child, Susanna. She was born on May 26, 1583. Twins, a boy, Hamnet ( who would die at age eleven), and a girl, Judith, were born in 1585. By 1592 Shakespeare had gone to London working as an actor and already known as a playwright. A rival dramatist, Robert Greene, referred to him as “an upstart crow, beautified with our feathers.” Shakespeare became a principal shareholder and playwright of the successful acting troupe, the Lord Chamberlain’s Men (later under James I, called the King’s Men). In 1599 the Lord Chamberlain’s Men built and occupied the Globe Theater in Southwark near the Thames River. Here many of Shakespeare’s plays were performed by the most famous actors of his time, including Richard Burbage, Will Kempe, and Robert Armin. In addition to his 37 plays, Shakespeare had a hand in others, including Sir Thomas More and The Two Noble Kinsmen, and he wrote poems, including Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece. His 154 sonnets were published, probably without his authorization, in 1609. In 1611 or 1612 he gave up his lodgings in London and devoted more and more time to retirement in Stratford, though he continued writing such plays as The Tempest and Henry VII until about 1613. He died on April 23 1616, and was buried in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford. No collected edition of his plays was published during his life-time, but in 1623 two members of his acting company, John Heminges and Henry Condell, put together the great collection now called the First Folio.
莎士比亞(W. William Shakespeare;1564~1616)英國(guó)文藝復(fù)興時(shí)期偉大的劇作家、詩(shī)人,歐洲文藝復(fù)興時(shí)期人文主義文學(xué)的集大成者。莎士比亞的代表作有四大悲?。骸豆防滋亍?英:Hamlet)、《奧賽羅》(英:Othello)、《李爾王》(英:King Lear)、《麥克白》(英:Mac Beth)。著名喜?。骸吨傧囊怪畨?mèng)》《威尼斯商人》《第十二夜》《皆大歡喜》(《As you like it》)。歷史?。骸逗嗬氖馈贰逗嗬迨馈贰恫槔矶馈?。正劇、悲喜劇:《羅密歐與朱麗葉》。還寫(xiě)過(guò)154首十四行詩(shī),二首長(zhǎng)詩(shī)。本·瓊森稱(chēng)他為“時(shí)代的靈魂”,馬克思稱(chēng)他和古希臘的埃斯庫(kù)羅斯為“人類(lèi)最偉大的戲劇天才”。雖然莎士比亞只用英文寫(xiě)作,但他卻是世界著名作家。他的大部分作品都已被譯成多種文字,其劇作也在許多國(guó)家上演。儒略歷1616年4月23日(公歷1616年5月3日)病逝,出生日期與逝世日期恰好相同。莎士比亞和意大利著名數(shù)學(xué)家、物理學(xué)家、天文學(xué)家和哲學(xué)家、近代實(shí)驗(yàn)科學(xué)的先驅(qū)者伽利略同一年出生。被人們尊稱(chēng)為“莎翁”。初中選文《威尼斯商人》.高中選文《哈姆萊特》《羅密歐與朱麗葉(節(jié)選)》。