(2017-22) William Shakespeare [Extensive Reading]

William Shakespeare 

Written by Jennifer Bassett 

Oxford Bookworms Library Stage 2 

This story about Shakespeare's life is told by his friend Toby, who is no a real person. 

Will Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway at eighteen years old, then she was twenty-six. 

Will and Anne got three babies, a daughter and twins(a boy and a girl). 

Will was happy for a while, but the life in Stratford made him boring. 

He decided leaving Stratford and going to London to be an actor, and to write plays. 

Will and Toby went to London and then they worked at the theater as actors. 

Will played many roles at same time and wrote plays, met other writers and read books. 

He learned, learned and learned. 

His plays became famous in London, many people came to see the Will's play. 

In 1592, the plague spread to London. The City Council closed the theaters. 

Will and his team moved around the England. 

Queen and King of England loved his plays.