William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford upon-Avon Shakespeare's father was a glove maker and his mother ____ (have) a lot of land When William was born, his father ____(do) well in business but a few years later things ____ (go) wrong. William probably went to Stratford Grammar School and he ____ (can) read and write Latin When he was eighteen, he ____ (marry) Anne Hathaway. William probably ____ (leave) Stratford to go to London in 1588. Maybe he ____ (have to) leave because of money problems. Anyway, we know that in 1594 he ____ (work) for the most successful theatre company in London. He ____ (write) thirty-seven plays and 154 poems. He retired to Stratford in 16l| and ____ (live) there until he died at the age of fifty-two.​