SHAKESPEARE IS BY FAR THE GREATEST NAME IN ENGLISH LITERATURE.YETHIS BIOGRAPHY IS, ` `BUILT UPON DOUBTS AND THRIVES UPON PERPLEXITIES". ONLY THE BAREST OUTLINES ARE KNOWN FOR CERTAIN.WE ONLY KNOW THAT THE WORLD'S GREATEST DRAMATIST WAS BORN IN APRIL 1564,AT STRATFORD-ON-AVON, IN THE COUNTY OF WARWICK.HIS MOTHER, MARY ARDEN, CAME OF A NOBLE FAMILY, AND HIS FATHER JOHN SHAKESPEARE WAS A PROSPEROUS FARMER, WOOL AND TIMBER MERCHANT, AND BUTCHER OF THE VILLAGE.HE ALSO TOOK KEEN INTERSET IN MUNCIPAL AFFAIRS AND ROSE TO THE POSITION OF JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND HIGH BAILIFF OF THE TOWN.HE WAS OFTEN INVOLVED IN LITIGATION, AND OUR DRAMATIST,AS THE ELDEST SON,MUST HAVE FREQUENTLY ASSISTED HIM,AND IN THIS WAY ACQUIRED THAT LEGAL KNOWLEDGE WHICH HAS SURPRISED HIS READERS.

EDUCATION

ABOUT THE AGE OF NINE HE WAS ADMITTED TO THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL OF VILLAGE.TRADITION...