Skakespeare - fill in the gaps

                                                              Introduction to Shakespeare

Shakespeare's life - a potted biography ".

Shakespeare was born in .....................The town was called............... He married ..................when she was 26 and pregnant.The Queen at the time was ........................Shakespeare was an actor, but he also
wrote poetry and .....................There were not many theatres apart from in
London. Groups of actors, called ...................put on plays in the other towns on  feast days or at festivals.
Shakespeare became a part owner of a theatre in London called ...............
The Queen liked to watch plays there.
 When she died, James I became king; luckily, he also liked Shakespeare's plays.
Shakespeare returned to Stratford when he retired. He died on .....................When he was alive, England went to war with Spain. At home, Catholics and Protestants plotted against each other.
 It was a time of secrecy and spying.
There were many outbreaks of ...................which he lived through. The Globe   burned down during a performance. Shakespeare lived to the age of 52 years old, which was an  achievement in those days.

THE GLOBE THEATRE                        APRIL 1564                    STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
STROLLING PLAYERS                        ELIZABETH 1                   PLAYS
THE PLAGUE                                        ANNE HATHAWAY           23 APRIL 1616

How many plays did Skakespeare write ?


Which is his most famous ?