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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: The Works of Mr. William Shakespear: Volume the Second

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    First published in 1940 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: The Plays of William Shakespeare: Volume the Ninteenth: Containing Timon of Athens and Othello

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  • Cover of: The Plays of William Shakspeare: Volume the Eighth

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  • Cover of: The dramatic works of William Shakspeare: with a life of the poet, and notes, original and selected.

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  • Cover of: The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: Vol. XIII

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  • Cover of: The Works of William Shakespeare: Vol. X: Tragedies

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  • Cover of: The Stratford Shakspeare: Vol. IV: Comedies

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  • Cover of: Shakspeare's Dramatic Works: In Eight Volumes: Volume VI

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  • Cover of: Hamlet and As You Like It: A specimen of an edition of Shakespeare

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  • Cover of: Shakespeare's poems: Venus and Adonis, Lucrece, The passionate pilgrim, Sonnets to sundry notes of music, The phoenix and turtle

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  • Cover of: The songs and sonnets of William Shakespeare

    First published in 1900 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: The Works of William Shakespeare: In Nine Volumes: Vol. III

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  • Cover of: The plays of William Shakspeare: with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators, to which are added notes

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  • Cover of: Shakespeare's Verse

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  • Cover of: Mr William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, & Poems: Vol. II

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English playwright and poet (1564–1616)

Born 20 April 1564
Died 23 April 1616

Subjects

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

Places

Italy, Great Britain, Verona, Denmark, Norway, Russia, Carthage, Naples, Messina, England, Verona (Italy), Scotland, Jefferson, Rome, London, Mississippi, Missouri, Saint Louis, Venice, Yoknapatawpha County, Araby, Calcutta, India, Massachusetts, New England

People

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

Time

17th century, Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600, Early modern, 1500-1700, 1600s, 16th century, Antebellum era, 1500-1700, 19th century, Henry IV, 1399-1413, To 1057, 20th century, Carnival, Germanic invasions, 3rd-6th centuries, Henry VI, 1422-1461, 1890, Richard II, 1377-1399, Richard III, 1483-1485, Civil War, 43-31 B.C., Henry V, 1413-1422, Henry VIII, 1509-1547, 1066-1687, 11th century, 332-30 B.C., Henry, IV, 1399-1413, John, 1199-1216

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  • Shakespeare, William
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  • William Shakespeare (Inglaterra)

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August 21, 2024 Edited by Drini merge authors
January 8, 2024 Edited by jacques2636 Edited without comment.
October 17, 2023 Edited by mheiman merge authors
June 22, 2023 Edited by Сергей Малышев Edited without comment.
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import