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Good morning! Today we are going to talk about Shakespeare. Shakespeare is probably the most

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well-known writer of all times in the English language. In this presentation we are going to

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talk briefly about his life and work and why he is still so relevant today. Guess what? He is

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probably one of the few people who was born and died on the same day of the year 23rd of April.

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Although he only lived 52 years, he had time to become one of the king's favorite playwrights.

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He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon and moved to London to become famous around the 1600s.

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Many countrymen like Shakespeare moved to London during this time in order to advance their careers.

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London was growing in size and popularity during the time, reaching around 200,000 people by

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the 1600s. London was concentrated to either side of the River Thames, nowhere near as big as the

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London we know today, but was one of the largest cities in Europe at the time.

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As you can see, his work is quite extensive, which includes 37 complete plays and 154 sonnets,

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as well as other poems and other works that have not been proved to be written by him yet.

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Moreover, Shakespeare invented over 1700 words which are still used in the English language

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today. A lot of these words were created through combining words, changing nouns into verbs or

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adding prefixes or suffixes, so it's likely you wouldn't have guessed that he invented them or

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see them as odd. For example, he invented bedroom, hostile, dawn or excitement. After building

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recognition and money, the Globe Theatre was built in 1598. It actually burned down in 1613

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when a cannon set fire to the straw roof. However, it was rebuilt in 1614 and that version still

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stands on the south bank of the river Thames. To conclude, I would like to ask you to think of the

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following questions. Are these plays still being performed today? What languages have his plays

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performed in? Where are they being performed today? What does this suggest about his writing?