FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
|
|
King Edward Institution for English and Literature Studies
|
|
|
King Edward IV School
|
|
|
Stratford Grammar School
|
|
|
None of the above
|
Detailed explanation-1: -The original classroom where William Shakespeare is believed to have studied and seen his first plays opens to the public for the first time this weekend. The classroom is owned by the King Edward VI school, the direct successor to the grammar school in Stratford-upon-Avon attended by Shakespeare from about 1571.
Detailed explanation-2: -Shakespeare, as the son of a leading Stratford citizen, almost certainly attended Stratford’s grammar school. Like all such schools, its curriculum consisted of an intense emphasis on the Latin classics, including memorization, writing, and acting classic Latin plays.
Detailed explanation-3: -Shakespeare went to King’s New School in Stratford. It was a free school established by royal charter of King Edward VI in 1553, just 11 years before Shakespeare was born. It established free lodging and a salary of £20 a year for a schoolmaster, a substantial sum that signaled how much education was valued.
Detailed explanation-4: -It is likely that the playwright and poet William Shakespeare attended the school between the ages of seven and fourteen.
Detailed explanation-5: -Welcome to King Edward VI School The poet and playwright William Shakespeare attended the School in the 1570s, leading to our being widely known as Shakespeare’s School.