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William Shakespeare

April 20, 1564 - April 23, 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. (Source.)

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Subjects
Drama, Accessible book, Protected DAISY, History, Kings and rulers, English Sonnets, Princes, Fathers and daughters, Hamlet (Legendary character), Quotations, In library, King Lear (Legendary character), Othello (Fictitious character), Dictionaries, Bibliography, English language, Britons, Succession, Juliet (Fictitious character), Romeo (Fictitious character), Fiction, Vendetta, Twins, Married people, Youth
Places
Great Britain, Denmark, Rome, Verona (Italy), Italy, Venice (Italy), Sicily (Italy), Illyria, Greece, Padua (Italy), Athens (Greece), Scotland, England, Egypt, Florence (Italy), Messina (Italy), Navarre (Kingdom), Russia, Venice, Lebanon, Tyre, Tyre (Lebanon), Vienna (Austria), Germany, Atenas (Grecia)
People
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Henry IV King of England (1367-1413), Henry VI King of England (1421-1471), Julius Caesar, Macbeth King of Scotland (11th cent), Cnaeus Marcius Coriolanus, Henry V King of England (1387-1422), Richard III King of England (1452-1485), Marcus Antonius (83?-30 B.C), Cleopatra Queen of Egypt (d. 30 B.C), Richard II King of England (1367-1400), Henry VIII King of England (1491-1547), John King of England (1167-1216), William Dodd (1729-1777), John King of England (1167?-1216), Joseph Ashbury, Lucretia, Hamlet (Legendary character), William Shakespeare (1564-1616,), Henry V king of England (1387-1422), K. R. Grand Duke of Russia (1858-1915), Richard III King of England, Richard Duke of York (1411-1460), Harald Metzkes, Marcus Junius Brutus (85?-42 B.C)
Time
Henry IV, 1399-1413, Civil War, 43-31 B.C., John, 1199-1216, Henry VI, 1422-1461, Germanic invasions, 3rd-6th centuries, 16th century, Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600, Early modern, 1500-1700, Republic, 510-265 B.C., 17th century, Richard III, 1483-1485, Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D., Richard II, 1377-1399, 1066-1687, Henry VIII, 1509-1547, 1800-1950, Germanic Invations, 3rd-6th centuries, 332-30 B.C., Germanic Invasions, 3rd-6th centuries, 21st century, Henry V, 1413-1422, 1625-1800, 1950-, 1413-1422 (Henri V), 1597

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  • Shakespeare, William
  • William Shakespear
  • William Shakespeare.
  • William Shakespeare hamlet
  • William Shakespeare (Hamlet)
  • W M Shakespeare
  • William Shakespeare -
  • W. SHAKESPEARE
  • Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
  • Shakespeare (edited By Peter Alexander)
  • Cletus Shakespeare
  • Shakespeare.
  • shakespeare
  • Shakespeare Arden

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