Literatura

Something about Shakespeare
He was born in the little town of Stratford-on-Avon, in Warwickshire, England on April 23rd, 1564; his parents were John and Mary Arden.
He was a man of fine form and features, that he was sometimes too convivial, he was beloved by nearly all who knew him, and he had the personal acquaintance of Elizabeth and James I.
His parents, John Shakespeare had long been oneof the aldermen of Stratford, and he had served in the office of Bailiff as mayor in 1569. Mary Arden had brought her husband a small property that William Shakespeare could have derived later. Even the most elementary knowledge of books from his parents seems impossible; for neither of them that he could write that accomplishment being comparatively rare in Elizabeth's reign. But there was atthat time, in the borough of Stratford, an endowed "Free Grammar School"; and it is not probable that John Shakespeare should have neglected the opportunity for educating his son. This opportunity together with the varied though irregular reading of which his works gives evidence and the vague tradition that he had been in his youth a schoolmaster in the country, makes it probable that the poet hadmore training than some of his admirers would give him credit.
At twenty-two years old, he had been married with Anne Hathaway, a young woman seven years. On the other hand, they had three children.
He was an actor, and one of the proprietors of the Globe Theater, in 1589. His last years were spent in his native town where he was one of the influential citizens. He was once a plaintiff in asuit-at-law, finally he died on April 23rd, 1616.
The Globe
The Globe Theatre is a faithful reconstruction of the open-air playhouse first built in 1599, where Shakespeare worked and for which he wrote many of his greatest plays
The Globe was built from the timbers of the 'Theatre'. William Shakespeare and his company of actors helped with the construction. The Globe Theatre was an amazingsuccess. There was money to be made from this new and exciting form of entertainment. The London´s audience clamored for more and more new plays.
The Elizabethan Age
The Elizabethan era was a time associated with Queen Elizabeth I's reign (1558–1603) and it is often considered to be the golden age in English history. It was the height of the English Renaissance and it saw the flowering of Englishpoetry, music and literature. This was also the time during which Elizabethan theatre flourished, and William Shakespeare and many others composed plays that broke free of England's past style of plays and theatre. It was an age of exploration and expansion abroad, while back at home, the Protestant Reformation became more acceptable to the people, most certainly after the Spanish Armada was repulsed.It was also the end of the period when England was a separate realm before its royal union with Scotland.
Summary
Cymbeline, King of Britain, takes a new wife who has an arrogant son called Cloten. Cymbeline's lovely daughter Imogen is expected to marry Cloten. Instead Imogen marries the brave, but poor Posthumus Leonatus. Cymbeline is furious when he finds out about the marriage and banishesPosthumus who goes to Rome. The couple has time to exchange love tokens and Imogen gives Posthumus a diamond ring and he gives her a bracelet. The villain of the plot is Lachimo who makes a wager with Posthumus that he can seduce Imogen.
Lachimo travels to Britain in his attempts to seduce Imogen fail. He does, however, manage to steal the bracelet. He returns to Italy and convinces Posthumusthat Imogen has been unfaithful and so claims the diamond ring. Meanwhile the new evil Queen arranges to her Physician make a poison to give to Pisanio, the loyal servant of Posthumus, disguised a tonic. The physician, knowing how evil the Queen is, makes a potion that numbs the senses but does not kill. Cloten is once again spurned by Imogen who tells him he is not fit to wear Posthumus's...