William Shakespeare - William Shakespeare (1), oral topic in English with translation. Topic. Interesting facts about Shakespeare in English William shakespeare in English

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William Shakespeare is one of the most famous and undoubtedly great English writers. The author of Hamlet and Othello was born in 1564 in Stratford-on-Avon. Young Shakespeare received a classical education and married at the age of 18. His wife was a provincial girl, Anne Hathaway, who bore him 3 children.

No one knew about William Shakespeare until 1592, when he emerged as a playwright in London. His first play was called Titus Andronicus, after which he continued to write and created historical plays, comedies and his first tragedy, Romeo and Juliet.

In the first decade of the 17th century, Shakespeare turned to tragedy and created his best plays: Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth and King Lear. All of them were a huge success. Moreover, William was an amazing poet, famous for his sonnets (poems consisting of 14 lines and ending with a moral). All of his works covered themes of love, friendship, death, change and immortality and often contained philosophical ideas.

The bulk of Shakespeare's work was associated with drama. He became a full shareholder in his acting troupe and was a co-owner of the Globe and Blackfriars theatres. The Globe Theater was and still is one of the best theaters in the world. Shakespeare died in April 1616, but his works are still read, performed and made into films.

Interesting expressions and words:

local girl - provincial girl

playwriter - playwright

play - play

to turn to – take on/take on…

to deal with – deal with…, touch

immortality - immortality

shareholder - shareholder

co-owner - co-owner

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Like other boys of middle-class families, William attended a grammar school in Stratford where he got a good education and also learned Latin.

When William was 18 he married Anne Hathaway. They had three children, first Susanna and then twins, a son named Hamnet and a daughter named Judith. Hamnet died when he was 11.

We don"t really know what William did during the following years but in 1592 he went to London to work as a writer and actor. It was a difficult job and only the best found work in London.

The Globe was a huge amphitheater without a roof. The seats were curved around a stage that was built on many levels.

Plays always started at 2 o"clock in the afternoon. People who didn"t have the money to buy a seat were allowed to stand in the front of the stage. All kinds of people came to see the shows– housewives, children, noblemen and even visitors from other countries. The company also presented special plays for kings and queens.

Tragedies are plays that show the downfall of a main character. His most famous tragedies are Hamlet, King Lear and Macbeth.

Comedies are funny plays that have a happy ending most of the time. A Midsummer Night's Dream, As You Like It and The Merry Wives of Windsor are among the most popular.

Historical plays are dramas about the lives of some of England's most powerful kings like Henry IV or Richard II.

At that time the people of England did not know that their country's greatest poet and playwright had died. They thought of him only as a popular actor and writer.

Just what William did between his fourteenth and eighteenth year isn't known. At the age of eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway. Ann was eight years older than her husband and the marriage wasn't a happy one.

Very soon, however, the actors were told that they could no longer use the land that their theater was built on and the company had nowhere else to perform. There is a story that in the dead of night the whole acting troop took down their theater, timber by timber, brick by brick. They carried it across the river and rebuilt it. The new theater was called the Globe.

Translation

William Shakespeare, the greatest and most famous English writer, and perhaps the greatest playwright who ever lived, was born on April 23, 1564, in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Despite his fame, we know very little about his life. At the age of six he was sent to school, but was forced to leave it at the age of 13. His father, John Shakespeare, was a glover, and when he fell into debt, William had to help him in his trade.

What William did between the ages of fourteen and eighteen is not known. At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway. Anne was eight years older than her husband, and the marriage was not a happy one.

When Shakespeare was 21, he went to London. We don't know why he left Stratford-on-Avon. There is a legend that Shakespeare's first job in London was to keep rich people's horses at the theater doors. But no one can be sure that this story is true.

Shakespeare later became an actor and member of a highly successful troupe. It is very likely that The Comedy of Errors, Romeo and Juliet and some of Shakespeare's other plays were first performed on this stage.

Very soon, however, the actors were told that they could no longer use the land on which their theater was built and the troupe had no place to play. There is a legend that, under the cover of darkness, the entire troupe dismantled their theater log and brick by brick. They carried it across the river and restored it. The new theater was named "Globe".

Shakespeare's Globe was quite different from modern theaters. The performances were held outdoors, and the audience would get wet if it rained. The set was non-existent, there were very few props, and the only lighting was daylight that fell from the roof. Women in those days were not allowed to act in public and all roles (even Juliet!) were played by men. Most of the audience stood up to watch the show and moved around, talking to each other and throwing fruit on stage if they didn't like something.

Shakespeare wrote 37 plays: 10 tragedies (such as Hamlet, King Lear, Othello, Macbeth), 17 comedies (As You Like It, Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing) , 10 historical plays (such as "Henry IV", "Richard III".). He also left 7 books of poetry.

Shakespeare spent the last years of his life in Stratford, where he died, ironically, on the same day he was born, April 23, 1616. He was buried in Stratford Church. The monument was erected in memory of the great playwright in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey. In 1997, Shakespeare's Globe was restored.

The name of William Shakespeare is well known to all schoolchildren thanks to the plays “Romeo and Juliet”, “Othello” and “Hamlet”. However, not all students know about Shakespeare's sonnets.

A sonnet is not a simple verse, but a poetic work of a certain form, consisting of 14 lines. In Shakespeare's sonnets, the following rhyme scheme is adopted: abab cdcd efef gg, that is, three quatrains with cross rhymes and one couplet.

In total, Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets, and most of them were created in the years 1592-1599. The entire cycle of sonnets falls into separate thematic groups:

• Sonnets dedicated to a friend;
• Sonnets dedicated to a dark-skinned lover;
  The joy and beauty of love.

Let's look at Shakespeare's popular sonnets in English and their translation.

Sonnet 57 (Sonnet 57)

Watch a recitation of Sonnet 57 performed by BBC actors.

Sonnet 66 (Sonnet 66)

You can listen to William Shakespeare reciting Sonnet 66 below:

Sonnet 71 (Sonnet 71)

And here is the performance of sonnet 71:

Sonnet 90 (Sonnet 90)

Recitation of Sonnet 90 in English in the video below:

Sonnet 102 (Sonnet 102)

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William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was one of the greatest and most famous writers in human history. He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, a small town in the center of England. His father wanted his son to be an educated man, and William was sent to the local high school.
While studying at school, the boy actually had no free time. But if he had a free minute, he walked through the forest or looked at the Avon River.
In those days there were not many theaters in the cities, and actors and actresses had to travel, moving their performances from one place to another. Sometimes they came to Stratford-upon-Avon. William enjoyed watching them play. He fell in love with this profession and decided to become an actor.
He went to London and became an actor there. During this time he also began writing plays. Shakespeare was both an actor and a playwright. In his works he reflected the life events of his contemporaries. His plays were staged in many theaters and translated into foreign languages. This made Shakespeare very famous.
The most famous of his plays are Othello, King Lear, Hamlet, and Romeo and Juliet. They are still popular and you can see them in almost every country in the world. In total, Shakespeare wrote thirty-seven plays. He has collaborated with the best English theaters for almost 25 years.
William Shakespeare also wrote many poems, including unsurpassed sonnets. Many songs have been written based on his poems. He is still the most published and famous writer in the entire world. We don't know much about his life. We can only guess what kind of person he was by analyzing the legends and few documents of that time.
Shakespeare died in 1616, but millions of people today still admire his plays.