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Last edited by Tom Morris
December 30, 2017 | History

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, In library, Kings and rulers, English Sonnets, Princes, Hamlet (Legendary character), Fathers and daughters, Internet Archive Wishlist, Quotations, King Lear (Legendary character), Othello (Fictitious character), Bibliography, Dictionaries, English language, Fiction, Succession, English drama, Juliet (Fictitious character), Romeo (Fictitious character), Britons, OverDrive, Vendetta
Places
Great Britain, Denmark, Rome, Verona (Italy), Italy, Venice (Italy), Sicily (Italy), Illyria, Greece, Padua (Italy), Scotland, Athens (Greece), England, Egypt, Messina (Italy), Florence (Italy), Navarre (Kingdom), Lebanon, Tyre, Tyre (Lebanon), Venice, Verona, Russia, Vienna (Austria), Atenas (Grecia)
People
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Henry IV King of England (1367-1413), Henry VI King of England (1421-1471), Henry V King of England (1387-1422), Julius Caesar, Macbeth King of Scotland (11th cent), Cnaeus Marcius Coriolanus, Richard III King of England (1452-1485), Richard II King of England (1367-1400), Marcus Antonius (83?-30 B.C), Cleopatra Queen of Egypt (d. 30 B.C), Henry VIII King of England (1491-1547), John King of England (1167-1216), William Dodd (1729-1777), John King of England (1167?-1216), Lucretia, Joseph Ashbury, William Shakespeare (1564-1616,), Hamlet (Legendary character), Richard III King of England, Henry V king of England (1387-1422), K. R. Grand Duke of Russia (1858-1915), Harald Metzkes, Marcus Junius Brutus (85?-42 B.C), Richard Duke of York (1411-1460)
Time
Henry IV, 1399-1413, John, 1199-1216, Civil War, 43-31 B.C., Henry VI, 1422-1461, Germanic invasions, 3rd-6th centuries, Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600, Early modern, 1500-1700, 16th century, Republic, 510-265 B.C., 17th century, Richard III, 1483-1485, Richard II, 1377-1399, Henry VIII, 1509-1547, 1066-1687, 332-30 B.C., Germanic Invations, 3rd-6th centuries, Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D., 1800-1950, 21st century, Germanic Invasions, 3rd-6th centuries, Henry V, 1413-1422, To 1057, 1625-1800, 1950-, 53-44 B.C.

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Alternative names

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  • William Shakespeare (Hamlet)
  • W M Shakespeare
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  • W. SHAKESPEARE
  • Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
  • Shakespeare (edited By Peter Alexander)
  • Cletus Shakespeare
  • Shakespeare.
  • shakespeare
  • Shakespeare Arden
  • Shakespeare, William Dramatiker, Dichter
  • Shakespeare
  • William Shakepeare
  • please see William Shakespeare
  • Shakespear, William, 1564-1616

History Created April 1, 2008 · 34 revisions Download catalog record: RDF / JSON

December 30, 2017 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
July 29, 2017 Edited by Charles Horn merge authors
May 18, 2017 Edited by Clean Up Bot merge authors
March 31, 2017 Edited by Clean Up Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import