William Shakespeare Elizabeth I
James I
William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England in April 1564. He married Anne Hathaway in 1582, he was 18 at the time of the marriage. Shakespeare wrote his plays in sonnet form, consisting of fourteen lines using any formal rhyme schemes in English usually having ten syllables per line. His acting company would perform in the court, for Elizabeth I and James I, at the Inns of Court (which was the residences of London's legal societies), at other towns, universities, and at great houses (when the King's Men were on tour). Under Queen Elizabeth I, Shakespeare's acting company was the Lord Chamberlain's Men. Under King James I, Shakespeare's acting company was the King's Men.
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