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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 Portable Shakespeare: seven plays, the songs, the sonnets, selections from the other plays.

    Cover of edition portableshakespe0000will Cover of edition shakespeareseven00shak First published in 1944 — 11 editions
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  • Cover of: Gencler Icin Shakespeare: On Ikinci Gece

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  • Cover of: The Whole Contention betweene the two Famous Houses, Lancaster and Yorke: With the Tragicall ends of the good Duke Humfrey, Richard Duke of Yorke, and King Henrie the sixt, Divided into two Parts: And newly corrected and enlarged

    Cover of edition worksofwilliamsh0004shak Cover of edition bookloverseditio05shak Cover of edition playsofwilliamsh13shakiala Cover of edition completeworksofw08shakuoft Cover of edition playsofwilliamsh13shak Cover of edition cu31924071108462 Cover of edition shakespeare013shakuoft Cover of edition completeworkswi00alexgoog First published in 1619 — 10 editions
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  • Cover of: The Shakspearean Reader: a collection of the most approved plays of Shakspeare

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  • Cover of: The Poems of William Shakespeare: Comprehending Venus and Adonis, Tarquin and Lucrece, and Poems ...

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  • Cover of: Shakespeare's songs: with drawings

    First published in 1901 — 10 editions
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  • Cover of: A list of all the songs & passages in Shakspere: which have been set to music

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  • Cover of: The Necessary Shakespeare

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  • Cover of: The Classic Hundred Poems: A Columbia Granger's Multimedia Anthology

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

    Cover of edition uvrescompltesd1859shak11 Cover of edition playsfromcorrect06shakuoft Cover of edition williamshakesp05shak Cover of edition uvrescompletes11shak Cover of edition shakespeareworks05shakiala Cover of edition shakspearesdram01hagbgoog First published in 1809 — 10 editions
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  • Cover of: Macbeth: By William Shakespeare

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  • Cover of: King John: Collector's Edition - William Shakespeare

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  • Cover of: King Henry the Sixth, Part 1 by William Shakespeare

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English playwright and poet (1564–1616)

Born 20 April 1564
Died 23 April 1616

Subjects

Drama, English literature, Plays, Juvenile drama, English drama, Fiction, Children's plays, British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author), English Young adult drama, Tragedy, Juvenile literature, Kings and rulers, Vendetta, Dramatic production, Youth, performing arts, Man-woman relationships, Conflict of generations, 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), Scotland, Venice, Jefferson, Athens (Greece), Illyria, Mississippi, Yoknapatawpha County, Araby, London, Missouri, North Richmond Street, Saint Louis

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 IV, 1399-1413, Germanic invasions, 3rd-6th centuries, To 1057, 1500-1700, Henry VI, 1422-1461, Carnival, Civil War, 43-31 B.C., Henry V, 1413-1422, 1066-1687, 1890, 332-30 B.C., Henry VIII, 1509-1547, Richard II, 1377-1399, Richard III, 1483-1485, Republic, 510-265 B.C., Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D., 11th century

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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