Page 1 : The Merchant of Venice, , 11, , ayphs, , ms, , SECTIONA, md, , Reading Comprehension, carefully:, Read the following passage, was a, Wiliam Shakespeare, still regarded, actor and is, , dramatists, , of all time. He, , Shakespeare was, , the, , Writer, , and, , of the greatest, the Bard of Avon., , one, , known, , as, , probably, at, School there. He married Anne Hathaway, , age of 18, began, , the, , born and grew up in Stratford-uponeducated at the, , a, , was, , and had three, , and, and twins Hamnet, he, , as, , was, , Avon. Warwickshire. He, , Kings New, , English poet. playwright and, , Chamberlains, , pamed, , Susanna,, , 1592, as an actor,, , Judith./Betwee585 and, , Successful, , part-owner, , children, , of, , career, , a, , in London, , play company, , called the 'Lord, , Men. later known as the Kings, , Men, , and, but records of performances, writing., began, Shakespeare, when, on London stage, t is not clearly known, were being pertormed, his, of, plays, indicate that many, Lord Chamberlain's, other references, the, w e r e performe/only by, 1594/Shakespeares plays, and it soon, by, 1592. After, including shakespeare,, of, en, , The company, , Decame the, , new, , by, , a, , group, , leading playing compány, 3, Elizabeth in, , After the death, by the, , was owned, , of Queen, , and, King Janes I., , came, , in, , players,, , London.), , 1603, the company, , to be known, , as, , the, , was, , awarded, , a, , royal highlight, , King's Men., theatre, , on, , the, , partnership built their own, made, His associatioh with the company, the, named, Globel, in i597, South bank of river Thames,, house in Stratford, aecond-largest, he, and, bought the, Shakespeare a wealthy m a n, , of the company in, in 1599. the members, , 81 1

Page 2 : called 'New Place Shakespeare had become very famous and wrote tragedies, tragedies, co, comedies,, poems and sonnets., , Thioughout his, , career,, , Shakespeare, , time beween London and Stratfored, public playhouses were often closed d., , divided his, , acted in many of his plays. Later the London, outbreaks of plague (between May 1603 and February 1610) S0, there was often, , uring, , 1611 to 1614, After 1c4., Shakespeare continued to vjsit London in th_years, work., he wrote fewer plays [He died(on 23 April 1616. at the age of 52. He was buriedin, , acting, , of the, , chancel, , Holy Trinity Church. two days after his, , death., , New Words, atent, , icence: sonnet: a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal, , schemes in English typically housing ten syllables per line, , Write (T) for true and (F) for false statements., 1, , William Shakespeare was an American writer., , 2, , Shakespeare only wrote plays., Shakespeare began a successful career, , 3, , in London between 1585 and 1592., , T, , London public playhouses were often closed during outbreaks of dengue and, malaria., , BFill in the blanks with appropriate words., 1, , Shakespeare, , was, , also, , known, , as, , the, , oAYen, , Band, , 2 Shakespeare was born and grew up in, 3, , William, , Shakespeare, , children, , married at, , Atnatknd-upon- Avon, , the age, , of, , J8, , and had three, , A Throughout his career, Shakespeare divided his time between London and, , 5 He died on 93 ah, , 1(I6. at the age of 52., , CAnswer the following questions in brief., 1, , In, , which company did, , Shakespeare begin, , a, , successful, , career, , in, , London?, , hokdpLOne agan his uccSas hul cCoo m, derden in the, Mun, , Cempany called Lesd chamberlaums

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