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It has sometimes been inferred that Shakespeare came to dislike his wife, but there is no existing documentation or correspondence to support this supposition. For most of their married life, he lived in London, writing and performing his plays, while she remained in Stratford.
- 1556, Shottery, England
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- 6 August 1623 (aged 66–67), Stratford-upon-Avon, England
Anne Hathaway, Shakespeare’s Wife. Shakespeare’s wife, Anne Hathaway, was born in 1556. Shakespeare was eight years younger than her. When they married in 1582 he was eighteen years old and she was twenty-six years old. She was pregnant at the time and whatever their relationship was like – which we don’t know anything about – he had ...
May 24, 2016 · By Adam Johnson | 24th May 2016. NEW scientific evidence suggests that William Shakespeare’s famous snub to his wife may in fact have been a tender show of love. The world’s greatest playwright only left Anne Hathaway his “second best bed” in his will.
Apr 26, 2023 · It is impossible to determine any real sense of Shakespeare’s relationship with Anne from the scant evidence available – just two documents: Shakespeare’s marriage license and his will – meaning Anne’s full story remains a mystery.
- Amy Irvine
Feb 26, 2013 · In her spirited defense of Anne Hathaway, Shakespeare's Wife, Germaine Greer considers misogynist assumptions based on very little evidence “considering the poor reputation of wives generally...
William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway in November 1582 and they remained married until Shakespeare's death. At the time of their marriage William was 18, while Anne was 26—and pregnant with their first child. The average age of marriage was 26 years of age, so Anne would have been an eligible young lady of her time.
May 4, 2018 · There are three things that everybody “knows” about his marriage: that it was a forced affair because Anne Hathaway was pregnant, that his being away in London so much of the time indicated that the couple was not close or happy, and that he dissed her by leaving her his “second-best” bed.
