FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Stratford-Upon-Avon
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Paris
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New York City
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -William Shakespeare was born at the half-timbered Tudor family home in Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564. The house is open all year round.
Detailed explanation-2: -By 1613, Shakespeare had apparently returned to live in Stratford-upon-Avon. On 25 March 1616, he signed his will. He was already a sick man, and on 25 April 1616 he was buried in Holy Trinity Church in Stratford, where he had been baptised just fifty-two years earlier.
Detailed explanation-3: -Five years later he had amassed sufficient wealth to afford a new family home back in Stratford-upon-Avon, known as New Place, bought from William Underhill for about £120 in 1597.
Detailed explanation-4: -Throughout his career, Shakespeare divided his time between London and Stratford. In 1596, the year before he bought New Place as his family home in Stratford, Shakespeare was living in the parish of St. Helen’s, Bishopsgate, north of the River Thames.
Detailed explanation-5: -Where was Shakespeare Born? The house now known as Shakespeare’s Birthplace stands on Henley Street in Stratford-upon-Avon, UK.