He was born in obscurity on April 26, 1564.

He died on April 26, 1616, world famous.

In his 52-year career, he left 37 plays, one volume of 14-line poems and two narrative poems to the world.

His plays are still performed around the world.

On his birthday, many countries perform his plays every year to commemorate him.

Marx called him "the greatest dramatic genius."

He is Shakespeare, the most outstanding art master of the British Renaissance.

"He who gives up time, time also gives up on him."

"Wisdom without books is like a bird without wings."

This is Shakespeare's famous saying, and it is also the reason why he can fly freely in the art world and become a generation of art masters. secret.

Shakespeare was born in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon in central England. His father was a businessman.

At the age of 4, his father was elected as the "head of the city hall" and became the mayor of this small town with more than 2,000 residents and 20 hotels and hotels.

This town often has touring theater troupes.

When Shakespeare was watching the performance, he was surprised to find that a small stage and a few actors could present stories from history and real life.

He felt it was amazing and fell deeply in love with drama.

He often works with children to learn the characters and plots in plays and act out them, and wants to engage in work related to scripts when he grows up.

But unfortunately, his father failed in business, and 14-year-old Shakespeare had to leave school and work as an assistant to his father.

He got married when he was 18 and had three children before he was 21.

His wife was 8 years older than him. Shakespeare often regretted his marriage. In his works, he once said: "A woman should marry a man older than herself."

However, he still cares deeply about his wife who works hard to run the house and raise children.

In 1586, the enterprising Shakespeare walked to London with a theater troupe and found a job as a caretaker for the theater's horse-riding audiences.

Although this is a chore, it is linked to the drama after all. Shakespeare did his best to do this job, and he did a good job.

The audience who came on horseback were willing to give their horses to him.

Shakespeare was often too busy, so he had to find a group of teenagers to help. They were called "Shakespeare's children".

Shakespeare had a flexible mind and an eloquent tongue. After work, he secretly watched performances on the stage and insisted on self-study of literature, history, philosophy and other courses. He also studied Greek and Latin.

When the troupe needed extras, he was "the first to get the moon". Coupled with his talent, he was finally able to play some supporting roles.

When playing supporting roles, Shakespeare also performed well seriously. His excellent understanding and superb acting skills soon led to him being absorbed by the troupe as a formal actor.

At that time, London theater companies were in desperate need of scripts.

Because if a play is not liked by the audience, it will be stopped immediately and a new play will be staged.

While Shakespeare insisted on studying acting skills, he also read a lot of various books to learn about the history of his motherland and the unfortunate fate of the people. He decided to also try to write some scripts with historical themes.

At the age of 27, he wrote the trilogy of historical dramas "Henry VI". The scripts were staged and were very popular with the audience. He won a high reputation and gradually established a firm foothold in the London theater world.

In 1595, Shakespeare wrote a tragedy "Romeo and Juliet". After the play was performed, Shakespeare became famous in London. Audiences flocked to the theater to watch the play like a tide, and were moved to tears. .

In this script, the writer writes about the value of free love, denounces the persecution of love by the feudal system, and praises ideal love.

In 1599, Shakespeare was already very wealthy. His troupe built a theater called the Globe Theater, and he became a shareholder.

He also bought a house and land in his hometown, planning to return home when he gets old.

Soon, two of his friends launched a rebellion in order to reform politics. As a result, the former was sent to the gallows and the latter was thrown into prison.

Shakespeare was filled with grief and anger, and devoted all his efforts to writing the play "Hamlet", and personally played the ghost in it.

In the following years, Shakespeare wrote "Othello", "King Lear" and "Macbeth", which together with "Hamlet" are known as Shakespeare's four tragedies.

Shakespeare's plays mostly use broad backgrounds and vivid and rich plots to express historical and realistic content, and display rich and profound themes with distinctive personalities.

In terms of expression method, it is not restricted by any rules and regulations. Sublime and humble, ridiculous and terrible, heroes and buffoons are wonderfully mixed. Time and place can be transferred at will. The plots include single, double, triple and multiple lines. The line integrates comedy, farce, folk comedy, legendary drama, tragedy and other elements, and obeys the description of life and the expression of character.

In terms of language, there are both verse and prose. Proverbs, sayings, and folk songs are introduced into the drama stage. The vocabulary is very rich and the characters' language is personalized.

In 1616, Shakespeare passed away due to illness.

On his tombstone is the following inscription:

"For the sake of God,

please do not touch my grave,

Those who act will be cursed,

Those who protect will be blessed ”

His tomb now stands next to a chapel in his hometown, visited by tens of millions every year. People who plan to pay homage like a pilgrim

Shakespeare's four tragedies:

Shakespeare's four tragedies include "Hamlet", "Othello", "King Lear", and "Macbeth" ", are the four most famous of his tragedies.

The stories are all taken from European historical legends.

The play "Ha" is about the Danish prince Hamlet returning to his country for funeral. The ghost of his father complained about his injustice and asked him to take revenge.

The prince pretended to be crazy and arranged a "play within a play" to confirm the new king's crime of killing his brother.

After mistakenly killing a minister, the prince was sent out of the country. He discovered the new king's conspiracy and turned back halfway.

The new king prepared poisoned wine and poisoned sword, and instigated the son of the minister to fight the prince in a duel, hoping to kill him. In the end, the three of them died together, and the queen mother also drank the poisoned wine and died by mistake.

The play "O" is about the Venetian general and Moor Othello and the senator's daughter Desdemona falling in love, overcoming family resistance, getting married and going on an expedition together.

Flag officer Iago, because of personal grudges, designed to frame Desdemona for having an affair.

Othello fell into the trap and strangled his wife to death with his own hands. In the end, the truth was revealed. Othello was filled with regret and drew his sword to kill himself.

The play "Lee" tells the story of King Lear of Britain who gave all his land to his two smooth-talking eldest daughters, while marrying his upright younger daughter to France.

In the end, he was abused by his eldest and second daughter, lived in the wilderness, and died of madness.

The play "Mai" tells the story of the Scottish general Macbeth who was tempted by a witch. Driven by his ambition and his wife, he killed the king and became independent. He was haunted by nightmares all day long and was in a trance.

His wife also went crazy and committed suicide.

In the end, the prince led his troops to attack, and Macbeth was defeated and died.