William Shakespeare was born in [?]. He was the [?] child of John Shakespeare, a [?] . When he was eighteen he married Anne Hathaway and they had [?] children.

[?] is known about Shakespeare's life. There is a legend that he had to leave Stratford because he was caught stealing a [?]. He went to [?] and became involved in the theatre.

He became very popular as a [?] and one of his rivals accused him of [?] other writers.

As well as his plays he wrote a collection of [?]. Many of these were written to a "Dark Lady".

Shakespeare died on [?] in 1616 and he was buried in [?].