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William Shakespeare

20 April 1564 - 23 April 1616

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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  • Cover of: Shakespeare's comedy of the Two gentlemen of Verona

    First published in 1632 341 editions in 12 languages — 57 previewable Cover of edition shakespearescome03shakes Cover of edition twogentlemenofve00shak_4 Cover of edition cu31924014161479 Cover of edition templeshakespear18shak Cover of edition twogentlemenofve01108gut Cover of edition tudorshakespeare36shak Cover of edition twogentlemenofve01773gut Cover of edition twogentlemenofve0000unse_c7a1 Cover of edition comedyoftwogentl00shak
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  • Cover of: The Tragedy of Coriolanus

    First published in 1734 314 editions in 14 languages — 72 previewable Cover of edition tragedyofcoriola0005shak Cover of edition tragedyofcoriol00shakuoft Cover of edition tragedyofcoriola01shak Cover of edition shakespearestrag20shak Cover of edition shakespearestrag06shakesp Cover of edition coriolwest00shak Cover of edition tragedyofcoriola00shakuoft Cover of edition shakespearescori00shak Cover of edition coriolanus02259gut
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  • Cover of: Measure for Measure

    First published in 1700 285 editions in 12 languages — 50 previewable Cover of edition measureformeasur00shakuoft Cover of edition measure_for_measure_1006_librivox Cover of edition measureformeasur01792gut Cover of edition shakespearescome05shak Cover of edition cu31924012960443 Cover of edition worksofshakespea28shak Cover of edition measureformeasur00shak_8 Cover of edition actingversionofm00shakuoft Cover of edition measureformeasur01126gut
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  • Cover of: The second part of King Henry the Fourth

    First published in 1600 279 editions in 11 languages — 69 previewable Cover of edition kinghenryivpart01117gut Cover of edition kinghenryivpart201518gut Cover of edition knigheinrichderv07934gut Cover of edition shaksperequartof09shak Cover of edition kinghenryivpart01782gut Cover of edition henriivepartie25715gut Cover of edition secondpartofhenr00shak Cover of edition cu31924014138758 Cover of edition cu31924014161685
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  • Cover of: Love's Labour's Lost

    First published in 1598 269 editions in 10 languages — 63 previewable Cover of edition veelgemingeengew48386gut Cover of edition loveslabourslost01774gut Cover of edition loveslabourlost02241gut Cover of edition loveslabourslost01510gut Cover of edition loveslabourslost01109gut Cover of edition shakespearescome09shakesp Cover of edition cu31924064954195 Cover of edition cu31924014161487 Cover of edition oldspellingshake07shakuoft
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  • Cover of: [Works of Shakespeare]

    First published in 1609 260 editions in 14 languages — 50 previewable Cover of edition worksofshakespea24shak Cover of edition Troiluscressida00shak_201303 Cover of edition historyoftroilus01124gut Cover of edition trolusetcressida18313gut Cover of edition troilusandcressi01528gut Cover of edition troilusandcressi01790gut Cover of edition troilus_and_cressida_version_2_1810_librivox Cover of edition troiluscressidae00shakuoft Cover of edition troiluscressida00shak
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  • Cover of: Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: being a reproduction in facsimile of the first folio edition, 1623, from the Chatsworth copy in the possession of the Duke of Devonshire

    First published in 1623 257 editions in 6 languages — 25 previewable Cover of edition worksofwilliam00shak Cover of edition shakespeareasput00shakuoft Cover of edition 1623comedieshist00shakuoft Cover of edition familyshakespear00shakuoft Cover of edition bub_gb_tcAwAAAAMAAJ Cover of edition dramaticworkswit01shakuoft Cover of edition worksofwilliam00shak1887 Cover of edition theworksofwillia00shakrich Cover of edition worksinreducedfa00shakuoft
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  • Cover of: The Comedy of Errors

    First published in 1734 244 editions in 16 languages — 64 previewable Cover of edition thecomedyoferror23046gut Cover of edition hairauksia44158gut Cover of edition thecomedyoferror01104gut Cover of edition lacomdiedesmpris15848gut Cover of edition cu31924064954187 Cover of edition comedyerrors00shak Cover of edition comedyoferrors00shak Cover of edition cu31924014161461 Cover of edition thecomedyoferror01769gut
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  • Cover of: Shakespeare's Comedy of the Merry Wives of Windsor

    First published in 1602 239 editions in 10 languages — 74 previewable Cover of edition merrywivesocad00shakuoft Cover of edition merrywivesofwind00shakrich Cover of edition merrywivesofhart00shakuoft Cover of edition oldspellingshake08shakuoft Cover of edition shakespearescome02shakes Cover of edition worksofshakespea27shak Cover of edition cu31924013141217 Cover of edition merrywivesofwind00shak_2 Cover of edition merryvvivesofwin00shak
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  • Cover of: Shakespeare's tragedy of Cymbeline

    First published in 1734 237 editions in 12 languages — 60 previewable Cover of edition cymbeline01799gut Cover of edition playscym03shak Cover of edition shakespearestrag03shak Cover of edition cymbeline00shakuoft Cover of edition cu31924013137066 Cover of edition cymbelinewyatt00shakuoft Cover of edition shakespearestrag21shak Cover of edition templeshakespear04shak Cover of edition cymbeline00shak
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  • Cover of: Shakespeare's History of the life and death of King John

    First published in 1700 233 editions in 14 languages — 69 previewable Cover of edition shakespeareshist08shak Cover of edition tudorshakespeare16shak Cover of edition kingjohn00shak_1 Cover of edition selectplaysedite17shakuoft Cover of edition shakespeareshist00shakesp Cover of edition koningjan55662gut Cover of edition historyoflifedea00shak Cover of edition lifedeathofkingj00shak Cover of edition kingjohn01511gut
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  • Cover of: SHAKESPEARE'S HISTORY OF KING HENRY THE EIGHTH

    First published in 1670 229 editions in 9 languages — 65 previewable Cover of edition kinghenryeighth00shakuoft Cover of edition shakespearesking07shak Cover of edition cu31924014161701 Cover of edition lifeofhenryviii00shak Cover of edition kinghenryviiihis0000shak Cover of edition kinghenryeight00shak Cover of edition kinghenryviii01136gut Cover of edition McGillLibrary-rbsc_hinri-al-thamin_PJ8190P3B3-16327 Cover of edition henryviii02258gut
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  • Cover of: Merry Wives of Windsor

    First published in 1993 228 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The Tudor Shakespeare

    First published in 1734 218 editions in 12 languages — 50 previewable Cover of edition toutestbienquifi28151gut Cover of edition allswellthatends01125gut Cover of edition worksofshakespea26shak Cover of edition allswellthatends00shak Cover of edition shakespearescome02shak Cover of edition allswellthatends01791gut Cover of edition allswellthatends00shakuoft Cover of edition allswellthatends02246gut Cover of edition cu31924014161495
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  • Cover of: Pericles ..

    First published in 1609 218 editions in 10 languages — 60 previewable Cover of edition cu31924014138766 Cover of edition cu31924020326157 Cover of edition periclesprinceof00shakuoft Cover of edition pericles00shak Cover of edition shaksperequartof21shak Cover of edition periclesprinceof00shakrich Cover of edition pericleseditedbykd00shakuoft Cover of edition shakespeareshist04shakesp Cover of edition shaksperequartof22shak
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  • Cover of: The Complete Dramatic and Poetical Works of William Shakespeare

    First published in 1730 213 editions in 3 languages — 48 previewable Cover of edition completedramatic00shak_0 Cover of edition completeworksofs00shakuoft Cover of edition completeworksofs00shak Cover of edition completeworksofw00shakrich Cover of edition shaksperesworks00shak Cover of edition worksofwilliamsh00shak_0 Cover of edition worksofwilliamsh00shak_1 Cover of edition worksofwilliamsh1897shak Cover of edition mrwilliamshakesp00shak
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  • Cover of: The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus

    First published in 1600 205 editions in 12 languages — 54 previewable Cover of edition tragedyoftitusan0000shak_w1f3 Cover of edition titusandronicus00shak Cover of edition yaleshakespeare0000unse_i3c9 Cover of edition titusandronicus25707gut Cover of edition templeshakespear16shak Cover of edition titusandronicus0000unse_d0q7 Cover of edition titusandronicus02260gut Cover of edition cu31924014161727 Cover of edition cu31924020326231
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  • Cover of: Shakespeare's tragedy of Timon of Athens

    First published in 1734 202 editions in 15 languages — 46 previewable Cover of edition shakespearestr00shak Cover of edition worksofshakespea37shak Cover of edition timondathnes15849gut Cover of edition cu31924014161792 Cover of edition timonateenalaine18144gut Cover of edition timon_of_athens_1202_librivox Cover of edition timonofathens00vickuoft Cover of edition timonofathensedi00shakuoft Cover of edition thelifeoftimonof01132gut
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  • Cover of: The true tragedy of Richard, Duke of York. 1600

    First published in 1600 152 editions in 6 languages — 41 previewable Cover of edition historyofkinghen00shak Cover of edition henryvipt03shak Cover of edition worksofshakespea18shak Cover of edition thirdpartofkingh0000unse Cover of edition p2wholecontentio10shak Cover of edition henryvipart3_1102_librivox Cover of edition cu31924062632959 Cover of edition truetragedieofri00shak Cover of edition kinghenryvipart01102gut
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  • Cover of: King Henry VI-Part II

    First published in 1600 142 editions in 5 languages — 42 previewable Cover of edition henrivi26764gut Cover of edition kinghenryvipart201501gut Cover of edition cu31924014138816 Cover of edition henryvi02255gut Cover of edition wholecontention100shakuoft Cover of edition kuningashenrikku40115gut Cover of edition kinghenryvipart01101gut Cover of edition henrysixthpart20000unse Cover of edition cu31924013134162
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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, Vendetta, Kings and rulers, 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, Antebellum era, 1600s, 20th century, Germanic invasions, 3rd-6th centuries, Henry IV, 1399-1413, To 1057, 1500-1700, Henry VI, 1422-1461, Carnival, Civil War, 43-31 B.C., 1066-1687, 1890, 332-30 B.C., Henry V, 1413-1422, Henry VIII, 1509-1547, Richard II, 1377-1399, Richard III, 1483-1485, Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D., 11th century, 1625-1800

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  • Willliam Shakespeare
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  • William (1564-1616) Shakespeare
  • Guillermo Shakespeare
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  • William shakespeare
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  • William Shakespeare (Inglaterra)

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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.
March 14, 2023 Edited by Salar Abdolmohamadian merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import