William Shakespeare: Legend or Hype?

Performers: Maltseva Natasha, Suchilova Vika Pupils of the 7th form, Grammar School # 99 Research Supervisor: Solovyeva Anna Sergeevna (English teacher)
“William Shakespeare: Legend or Hype?” William Shakespeare is considered the greatest playwright of all time English poet and playwright Works ● 38 plays● 154 sonnets ?
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The Shakespeare authorship question A lot people have different questions… Francis Bacon ~ was born in 1561 in London ~ was an English scientist, statesman and author who is regarded as the "father of the scientific method," ~ studied in Trinity College, Cambridge ~ also wrote a long treatise on Medicine, History of Life and Death, with natural and experimental observations for the prolongation of life. ~ interested in politics a lot ~ died in 1626 Edward de Vere ~ was born in 1550, in Castle Hedingham ~ was an English lyric poet, a brilliantly gifted linguist ~ wrote highly praised poems and plays in his earlier years, though none of the plays are known to have survived. ~ died in 1604, in Newington Christopher Marlowe ~ was born in Canterbury in 1564 ~ was the son of a shoemaker ~ was an Elizabethan poet, dramatist ~ attended the King's School, ~ studied the Bible and the Reformation theologians as well as philosophy and history at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. ~ was killed at the age of 29 in 1593 Edward de Vere
W. Shakespeare
C. Marlowe
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Appearence Theories surrounding the authorship of Shakespeare ~ William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon and another William Shakespeare working in London were two separate people ~ William Shakespeare was an actor who worked with Burbage’s theater company ~ William Shakespeare was a pen name for another writer – or perhaps a group of writers. reasons ~Shakespeare did not have the university education required to write with such knowledge ~There is no record of Shakespeare ever attending Stratford-upon-Avon grammar school ~When Shakespeare died, none of his contemporary writers made tribute to him