Shakespeare’s birth home was nearly shipped to US in 1847; it was saved from a showman’s fantasy with a payment of £3,000

“I
like
this
place
a d
willi gly
could
waste
my
time
i
it,”
w ote
William
Shakespea e
i
his
play
‘As
You
Like
It’.
Most
people
feel
this
se time t
towa ds
thei
homes,
the
abodes
they
come
to
buy
a d
deco ate
i
the
space
of
a
lifetime
with
o e
t i ket
at
a
time.Shakespea e
is
believed
to
have
bee
bo
i
Ap il
1564
i
St atfo d-upo -Avo ,
Wa wickshi e,
E gla d.
While
the
exact
date
of
his
bi th
is
ot
eco ded,
it
is
celeb ated
a ou d
the
wo ld
o
Ap il
23.
He
was
the
eldest
so
of
Joh
a d
Ma y
Shakespea e
a d
o e
amo g
the
eight
child e
the
couple
we t
o
to
have.At
the
age
of
eightee ,
he
ma ied
A e
Hathaway,
a
you g
woma
f om
the
village
of
Shotte y,
just
outside
St atfo d-upo -Avo .
They
had
th ee
child e ,
o e
of
whom,
Ham et,
died
at
the
age
of
11.He
is
said
to
have
moved
to
Lo do
i
the
late
1580s
o
ea ly
1590s
to
wo k
i
the
theat e
busi ess,
si ce
he
wa ted
to
be
a
acto
a d
w ite .
His
ea liest
play
is
believed
to
be
o e
of
the
th ee
pa ts
of
Ki g
He y
VI
(Pa t
1,
Pa t
2,
a d
Pa t
3),
w itte
betwee
1589
a d
1591.
By
1592,
he
was
k ow
well
e ough
i
Lo do
to
be
i sulted
by
a othe
w ite
i
p i t.
The
ma
ega ded
as
E gla d’s
g eatest
playw ight
e ded
up
w iti g
38
plays
i
his
life
which
a e
pe fo med
a d
studied
to
date
ac oss
the
globe.

Savi g
Shakespea e’s
house

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