It is good that you would like the description of
Shakespeare's marriage to be brief, since very little is known about Shakespeare's life,
his marriage included.
He was married to Anne Hathaway at
the age of 18 when she was already pregnant. This might suggest that he "had" to marry,
though the reason that he married at such a young age is not known. In Shakespeare's
day, women often married very young, but men often waited until their work life and
income was more settled.
William and Anne had three
children, one of whom, Hamnet, died (of what, we do not know) at age 11, and there is
questioning about what role his death may have played in Shakespeare's creation of the
character Hamlet.
Shakespeare actually lived most of his
life away from his family in London -- writing, producing and acting in his plays. When
he died, he famously left his "second best bed" to his wife, a wife that we know very
little about.
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