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Meet William Shakespeare.
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December 1, 2006|
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"All the world's a stage,"
More than 400 years later, stages around the world still show Shakespeare's plays. But who was William Shakespeare? And what makes his plays so great?
ACT ONE: Young William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was born in 1564, in Stratford-on-Avon, a small town in England. He went to a local school as a boy.
When he was 18, Shakespeare married a woman named Anne Hathaway. Within three years, they had three children. But Shakespeare wanted more from life; he longed to be in the theater.
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