The life of William Shakespeare Parents/Family His father, John, trained as a glove-maker and married Mary Arden, the daughter of Robert Arden, a farmer from the nearby village of Wilmcote. John and Mary moved to Henley Street, Stratford, the house now known as Shakespeare's Birthplace. John Sh...

Every year, teachers explain that greatness of William Shakespeare to school-children, however many teachers fail to mention that William Shakespeare may not have actually written any of the works that the literary world attributes to him. This fact troubles many; for if Shakespeare did not write th...