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Shakespeare's love life

Book Review by: irena5    

Original Author: Irena Cakareska
sDespite being the most famous Englishman in the world,very little is known about his private life.As we know he married
Anne Hathaway at Stratford -upon-Avon in 1582 when he was 18 and she was three months pregnant .At the age of 24 he left her at home and move to London attracted by the world of theatre.But because of terrible plague epidemic which hit London theatres were closed so he turned to poetry as a way to explore his own creativity.The intensity of poetry suggests a real women with whom he was in love.We do know of one episode in Shakespeare's life which proves his success with women.During the performance of Richard III  a women in the audience fall in love with the leading actor Richard Burbage and went backstage to arange a meeting later that evening.Shakespeare overheard and got to meeting first.He charmed the lady and joke to Burbage when he arrived later.William the conqueror comes before Richard III.He left London for Stratford in 1612 to spent the rest of his life with women he had married before he became famous.However the question of who provided the inspiration for his work still remains unanswered, as the identity of his lover in London is still unknown.
Published: November 01, 2007
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