Some facts and problems connected with the biography of William Shakespeare

The article considers the main problems of study of the biography of the distinguished English playwright and poet William Shakespeare, based on the biographic novel «Shakespeare: The biography» written by the modern English writer and the author of world bestsellers - Peter Acroyd. By analyzing some scientific-research works, textbooks, and monographic publication, connected with Wil-liam Shakespeare‟s biography, the author of the research proposes her own concept in the study of live and creative activity of the great poet on base of historically established facts. However, a great deal of scientific researches, containing additional evidence and some clarifications on indicated facts, are written in the Azerbaijan literature science. By all these and many other issues, the author of the article presents estab-lished facts and persuasive arguments. Thus, it is underlined, that multiple archive and historic-literature sources, displaying significant scientific interest for future researches in the area of Azerbaijan-English litera-ture relationship were applied in Peter Acroyd‟s biographic novel «Shakespeare: The biography».