Shakespeare's+Final+Years

=// William Shakespeare's Final Years //=

William Shakespeare passed away April 23rd, 1616. People refer to his Final Years as 1611 to his death. William Shakespeare spent his later years the way many people do, in retirement. Although he was in retirement he wrote several plays during this time period. These plays include //The Winter's Tale//, //The Tempest//, //Henry VIII//, and //The Two Noble Kinsmen.// There was even some excitement in his life, while his play //Henry VIII// there was an accident and the Globe Theater caught on fire. http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images2/shakespeare9.jpg Shakespeare

Shakespeare's personal life was filled with sadness and joy throughout his final years. In 1614 he was invloved in an enclosure dispute in Stratford. This means that somebody else wanted to enclose open fields on his lands so that sheep could pass through there, but Shakespeare had been ensured that his land would remain untouched. He finally announced that he could not bear to endure the enclosing of his land and that was the en d of it. Shakespeare also experienced family problems during his final years. His daughter Judith was married in February of 1616 btu, before she was married she found out that her fiance had gotten another girl pregnant. A month after the wedding she died in childbirth. Her death caused Shakespeare to modify his will. 1616 was a very depresing year for Shakespeare.
 * Shakespeare's Personal Life During His Final Years 1611 - 1616**

Although Shakespeare was in retirement he wrote several plays during this time period. These plays include //The Winter's Tale//, //The Tempest//, //Henry VIII//, and //The Two Noble Kinsmen.// There was even some excitement in his life, while his play //Henry VIII// was performing there was an accident and the Globe Theater caught on fire.
 * Plays Written During Shakespeare's Final Years**

There are many mysteries surrounding Shakespeare's death. One is that he drank himself to death and another is that he died from the flu. Although not much is known about Shakespeare's death we do know that he died on April 23, 1616 in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, United Kingdom. He was buried in the chancel of the Church of Holy Trinity in Stratford. There is a saying written on his tomb, that was supposedly written by Shakespeare himself, it states, To dig the dust enclosed here!" "Blest be the man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones."** Many monuments were made in memory of Shakespeare. Some of them are //The Clopton Monument//, //Shakespeare's Monument//, and //Stow Monument//. media type="custom" key="2710387"
 * Shakespeare's Death**
 * "Good friend for Jesus sake forbear,
 * Monuments in Memory of Shakespeare**


 * Shakespeare Study Guide**

1. What four plays were written during Shakespeare’s final years? 2. In what year did Shakespeare die? 3. How old was he when he died? 4. Where did Shakespeare die? 5. What was written on Shakespeare’s tombstone? 6. Where was Shakespeare buried? 7. Name three monuments in memory of Shakespeare? 8. What theater caught fire during Shakespeare’s performance of Henry the VIII? 9. What did Shakespeare modify shortly before he died? 10. How did Shakespeare die?

1. Plays: 1610 – 1611 The Writer’s Tale 1611 – 1612 The Tempest 1612 – 1613 The Two Noble Kinsmen 2. Shakespeare died in 1616 3. Shakespeare was 52 years old when he died. 4. Shakespeare died in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, United Kingdom 5. What was written on his tombstone: Good friend for Jesus sake forbear To dig the dust enclosed hear! Blest be the man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones! 6. Shakespeare was buried in the chancel of the church of the Holy Trinity in Stratford 7. The monuments: The Clopton Monument The Shakespeare Monument Stow Monument 8. The Globe Theater 9. His Will 10. His death was a mystery.
 * Shakespeare Study Guide Answers**