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Wyiltotn. Shqkespear.e . was born at Strafford-on-Avon in 1564. Jjj^BS^^^^&Jtf^^" Little is known of his early life, but there is record of a hasty tnarrta & e °f Anne Hathaway when he was 18 and she 26. Prosecuted' "' 4 "; ■ : ; by. Sir' Thomas Lucy, he took refuge in London, and so< made his . : first acquaintance with the "Playhouse ," joining a theatrical company^ ■"- called "The Lord Chamberlain's Men." He wrote plays for them in- which he acted. The Company was ultimately called "The £ -V. King's Men," each player ranking as a groom Chamber of '■ -~— -. King James I. Shakespeare died in comfortable circumstances on ■* • ~M. : : April:23rd, 1616, at the age of 52. ' : Proving aiid disproving -impartially -inexorably "He was Aot for;an age but for all time.'! So said Ben Jonson of his friend Shakespeare. While there is ample evidehce of Shakespeare's literary reputation during his lifetime, no biography of the .Immortal Bard—"Than wliom nobody has such power over our laughter and our tears ,, —was written until two generations after his death. The test of time proved his genius even as for 25 years the constantly increasing demand for "Amber Tips," makuig it the most popular tea in the Dominion, is abundant proof of its superior quality, flavour and economy, .. and has not this test of time proved, too, the claim that "Those who drink 'Amber Tips , know why others also,prefer it"