SHAKESPEARE 400

#shakespeare400- Shakespeare400 is a consortium of leading cultural, creative and educational organisations, which will mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death in 2016.  Through a connected series of public performances, programmes, exhibitions and creative activities in the capital and beyond, partners will celebrate the legacy of Shakespeare during the quatercentenary year.

#stratford-upon-avon- Is a municipality located in Warwickshire, England. It's main tourist attraction is all about the home of William Shakespeare and their properties. William Shakespeare was born in this house and lived here until he was old enough to marry and spend the first five years of family life here with his new wife, Anne Hathaway. Shakespeare's Birthplace is a fascinating house that offers a tantalising glimpse into Shakespeare's early world.

#annehathaway- Anne Hathaway was the wife of William Shakespeare.  They were married in 1582, when he was 18 and she was 26 years old.  Very little is known about her beyond a few references in legal documents, but her personality and relationship to Shakespeare have been the subject of much speculation by historians and creative writers.

#theglobe- The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 and was destroyed by fire on 29th June 1613.  From 1909, the current Gielgud Theatre was called "Globe Theatre", until it was renamed in 1994. The name of the Globe supposedly alludes to the Latin tag totus mundus agit histrionem.

#plays- The plays written by English poet, playwright, and actor William Shakespeare have the reputation of being among the greatest in the English language and in Western literature.  

Some of the most important plays are Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, Macbeth, Hamlet, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Othello and Julius Caesar.

#plague- There were several years during Shakespeare's time in London in which the plague was severe enough to close the theatres: 1582, 1592 (15,000 deaths), 1603, and 1607. The Elizabethans had no idea that the plague was spread by fleas that had lived on rats; though there were many "cures" for the plague, the only real defense--for those who could afford it--was to leave the crowded, rat-infested cities for the country.

#1595- A busy year for Shakespeare as he is thought to have composed Richard II performed that very same year, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, thought to be composed for a wedding and the greatest love story of all time, Romeo and Juliet. Fire in Stratford in September. Shakespeare is living in St. Helen's parish, Bishopsgate.

#queenelizabeth-  She was Queen of England for 45 years.
 Shakespeare's royal patrons were Queen Elizabeth and King James I, both of whom greatly loved the drama.  Shakespeare was ardently attracted to Elizabeth and her Court, and proved a faithful servant to his royal mistress.

#thearmada- The defeat of the Spanish Armada remains the most glorious event remembered of Elizabeth's reign I that William Shakespeare, the world’s greatest playwright and writer, livedShakespeare’s works remain to the present day the most widely read and studied literature in the world.

#shakespearequotes- Some quotes of Shakespeare are: