William Shakespeare

Shakespeare's plays are traditionally categorized into comedies, histories, and tragedies. Scholars generally count 17 of his plays as comedies.

William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, England. The option has a formatting error with spaces around the hyphen ('Stratford -on-Avon' instead of 'Stratford-upon-Avon'), but this is clearly the intended answer.

Shakespeare is believed to have arrived in London around 1592, as this is when he was first mentioned in the London theatrical scene by Robert Greene.

Shakespeare had three children with his wife Anne Hathaway: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith.

Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway in 1582 when he was 18 years old. She was 26 at the time.

The traditional canon of William Shakespeare's work consists of 37 plays. This count is standard in most academic literature.

It is generally believed that Shakespeare left the King's New School in Stratford at the age of 13, as his father's financial situation declined.

William Shakespeare was born in 1564. His baptism is recorded on April 26, 1564, in Stratford-upon-Avon.