FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
MACBETH
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It was Christmas day.
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It was the same day King James I died.
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It was his birthday.
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It was the same day his son died.
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Detailed explanation-1: -What is ironic about the accepted date of Shakespeare’s death? It was Christmas day. It was the same day King James I died.
Detailed explanation-2: -His death occurred on or near his birthday (the exact date of his birth remains unknown), which may have been the source of a later legend that he fell ill and died after a night of heavy drinking with two other writers, Ben Jonson and Michael Drayton.
Detailed explanation-3: -On 23 April, his presumed birthday, he died, aged 52. On 25 April, he was buried at Holy Trinity Church in Stratford. Shakespeare’s widow, Anne, died in 1623 and was buried beside him. Shakespeare’s family line came to an end with the death of his grand-daughter Elizabeth in 1670.
Detailed explanation-4: -An Introduction. William Shakespeare was a renowned English poet, playwright, and actor born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. His birthday is most commonly celebrated on 23 April (see When was Shakespeare born), which is also believed to be the date he died in 1616.
Detailed explanation-5: -This is the national day of England, and coincidentally also the date on which Shakespeare died fifty-two years later, giving it a certain irresistible symmetry, but the only fact we have concerning the period of his birth is that he was baptized on April 26.”