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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His surviving works, including some collaborations, consist of 38 plays,[c] 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. He has invented over 1700 words and some of them are common, some of them are not. (Source.)

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English playwright and poet (1564–1616)

Born 20 April 1564
Died 23 April 1616

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  • Cover of: Hamlet

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  • Cover of: King Lear
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  • Cover of: The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
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  • Cover of: Shakespeare's Comedy of A Midsummer-Night's Dream
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  • Cover of: The Tempest

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  • Cover of: The Merchant of Venice
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  • Cover of: The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice
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  • Cover of: Richard II
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  • Cover of: Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
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  • Cover of: TWELFTH NIGHT, OR, WHAT YOU WILL
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  • Cover of: The Sonnets of William Shakespeare
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  • Cover of: Shakespeare's history of King Henry the Fifth
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  • Cover of: As You Like It

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  • Cover of: The First Part of King Henry IV
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  • Cover of: Antony & Cleopatra
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  • Cover of: Shakespeare's King Richard III
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  • Cover of: Much Ado About Nothing
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  • Cover of: The Taming of the Shrew
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  • Cover of: Henry IV, Part II

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English playwright and poet (1564–1616)

Born 20 April 1564
Died 23 April 1616

Subjects

Drama, English literature, Plays, British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author), English drama, Juvenile drama, Fiction, Children's plays, English Young adult drama, Tragedy, Juvenile literature, Kings and rulers, Vendetta, Dramatic production, Youth, performing arts, Conflict of generations, Man-woman relationships, Suicide, English Love stories, Love-Romance-Fiction, Love in adolescence, Suspense-Fiction, Princes, Revenge

Places

Italy, Great Britain, Verona, Denmark, Norway, Russia, Carthage, Naples, Messina, Israel, England, Rome, Verona (Italy), Venice, Scotland, Illyria, Jefferson, Athens (Greece), Mississippi, Venice (Italy), Yoknapatawpha County, Araby, London, Missouri, North Richmond Street

People

William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Balthasar, Attendants, Messengers, Antonio, Juliet Capulet, Romeo Montague, Abram, Benvolio, Escalus, Friar Lawrence, Gregory, Lady Capulet, Lady Montague, Mercutio, Paris, Peter, Sampson, Tybalt, Friar John, Hamlet, Bernardo, Captain, Cornelius, English Ambassadors

Time

Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600, 17th century, Early modern, 1500-1700, 16th century, 19th century, 20th century, Antebellum era, 1600s, Henry VI, 1422-1461, Germanic invasions, 3rd-6th centuries, Henry IV, 1399-1413, 1500-1700, Civil War, 43-31 B.C., To 1057, Carnival, Henry VIII, 1509-1547, Richard III, 1483-1485, 1066-1687, 1890, 332-30 B.C., Henry V, 1413-1422, Richard II, 1377-1399, Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D., 11th century, 1625-1800

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