William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was born on April 23rd 1564, in Stratford, England. Back then it was lucky that he even survived, as three of his siblings had died as infants. Shakespeare and his five brothers and sisters lived in a house on Stratford-upon-Avon with their mother and father. Their father, John Shakespeare, was a glove maker who also held many public statuses in town, a one point becoming the town's bailiff. He wanted his boys …showed first 75 words of 469 total…

…showed last 75 words of 469 total…composed his best and most famous pieces in this period. The two works from this period were Macbeth and King Lear. The fourth period, from 1608-onward, mainly focuses on pensive sorrows, pretty much summarizing his works to the turn of the theater, which was entering the Elizabethan period. The two famous works were Cymbeline and The Tempest. A Midsummer night's dream was written during period four, so it is bit of a comedy and tragedy.