Biography of William ShakespeareOn an unknown April night, in 1564, in a humble house on Henley St. in the quiet town of Stratford, England, Isle of Wight, John and Mary Shakespeare gave a poet is born. William Shakespeare was born on what is believed to be 23 April, the feast day of the patron saint, St George, dragon slayer, and although there are no known documents to confirm or deny, this date was later accepted and established. , and is widely celebrated as the day of his birth and death. Indeed, The Book of Common Prayer states that, unless there is good reason to postpone the ceremony, an infant must be baptized on the first holy day following its birth and the records of Holy Trinity Church in Stratford show that Gilielmus Filius Johannes o William Shakespeare was baptized on 26 April 1564. John Shakespeare was an apprentice tanner who moved from Snitterfield to Stratford around 1532 and made his fortune trading in agricultural produce and wool. He eventually managed to purchase several properties in the Stratford area, three to be exact one on Greenville St. and another on Henley St. to accompany the first. Mary Arden was the daughter of Sir Robert Arden of Wincote, a very prominent and wealthy landowner with an estate of sixty acres called Asbies. Note: Although John and Mary were prominent citizens of their community, there is evidence to support that neither John nor Mary could read or write as John used a pair of glove compasses as a signature on all official documents, while Mary used a horse racing compass. William was the third of eight children, four sisters, three of whom did not live beyond the age of eight, one who lived to be seventy-seven, Joan, who ultimately outlived... half of paper... and who caused. It was also decided that events directly linked to large public gatherings such as theater and live music, promoted deviant behavior and attracted a criminal element as such events were the ideal environment for both prostitutes and predators. In 1613, when the original Globe Theater was destroyed by fire and razed, Shakespeare and the other four shareholders, also members of the Chamberlains' troupe, immediately had it redesigned and rebuilt. For the next three years, until his death in 1616, William Shakespeare held a controlling interest in the now recently renovated Globe Theatre. Works cited by Bate, Jonathan and Russell Jackson. Shakespeare: An Illustrated History of the Stage. New York: Oxford UP, 1996.Mabillard, Amanda. Shakespeare online. Shakespeare of Stratford. 2000.17 November 2002>.