Life of William Shakespeare Life of William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was an actor, playwright, poet, and theatre entrepreneur in London during the late Elizabethan and early Jacobean eras. He was baptised on 26 April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, England, in the Holy Trinity Church. At age of 18 he married Anne Hathaway with whom he had three children. He died in his home town of Stratford on 23 April 1616 at the age of 52. Though more is known about Shakespeare's life than those of most other Elizabethan and Jacobean writers, few personal biographical facts survive, which is unsurprising in the light of
Tom Shakespeare dancer and disability rights campaigner Caroline Bowditch. They have a son and a daughter. He is a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). By 2010 he had split with his wife and he lived in Geneva with his partner, Alana. In 2016 he featured on the ITV show "500 Questions", winning £14,000 by answering 42 out of 50 questions. He received a standing ovation for his efforts. Tom Shakespeare Sir Thomas William Shakespeare, 3rd Baronet (born 11 May 1966), better known as Tom Shakespeare, is an English sociologist and broadcaster. He has achondroplasia and uses a wheelchair. A