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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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    First published in 1886 14 editions in 2 languages — 6 previewable Cover of edition reignofkingedwar00shakuoft Cover of edition reign_edwardiii_librivox Cover of edition edwardthird00smitgoog Cover of edition kingedwardiii0000unse Cover of edition shakespearesedwa0000sams
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  • Cover of: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Vol. XI

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  • Cover of: The Plays of William Shakespeare: Volume the Fifth

    First published in 1773 14 editions in 2 languages — 14 previewable Cover of edition playsofwilliamsh573shak Cover of edition playsofwilliamsh18054shak Cover of edition worksshakespea06shak Cover of edition worksofs06shakuoft Cover of edition cu31924071108603 Cover of edition schauspiele04shak Cover of edition smtlichedramat04shak Cover of edition worksofshakspere01shakuoft Cover of edition completeworksofw19104shak
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  • Cover of: The puritaine, or, The vviddovv of VVatling-streete: acted by the Children of Paules

    First published in 1607 13 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition cu31924013134394 Cover of edition puritanorwidowof00smituoft Cover of edition puritanorwidowof0000unse
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  • Cover of: Macbeth / Hamlet

    First published in 1876 13 editions in 4 languages — 5 previewable Cover of edition chefsdoeuvredesh01shak Cover of edition chefsdoeuvredes00shakgoog Cover of edition hamletmacbeth0000shak Cover of edition macbethhamlet0000shak
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  • Cover of: Double falshood: or, The distrest lovers. A play, as it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane.

    First published in 1728 13 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition cu31924013363894 Cover of edition doublefalshoodo00conggoog Cover of edition doublefalsehoodo0000unse
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  • Cover of: Catharine and Petruchio: a comedy, in three acts : as it is perform'd at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, and at the Theatre in Edinburgh : alter'd from Shakespear's Taming of the Shrew

    First published in 1756 13 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition catharinepetruch0000shak
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  • Cover of: The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 5 of 9]

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  • Cover of: Shakespeare adaptations: The tempest, The mock tempest, and King Lear

    First published in 1922 13 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition shakespeareadapt00shak
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  • Cover of: The best Elizabethan plays ...

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  • Cover of: A Yorkshire tragedy

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  • Cover of: The Birth of Merlin

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  • Cover of: Arden of Feversham

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  • Cover of: The Works of Mr. William Shakespear: Volume the Fourth: Consisting of Historical Plays

    First published in 1723 11 editions in 1 language — 10 previewable Cover of edition comedieshistorie04shak Cover of edition worksofwilliamsh05shak_2 Cover of edition worksofwilliamsh05shakiala Cover of edition worksofshakespea04shak_4 Cover of edition standardeditiono05shak Cover of edition worksofwilliamsh05shak_1 Cover of edition pictorialedition05shakuoft Cover of edition cu31924064954120 Cover of edition playsofwilliamsh967shak
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  • Cover of: Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, Tragedies & Poems: Vol. I

    First published in 1856 11 editions in 1 language — 8 previewable Cover of edition workstextrevised00shak Cover of edition dramaticworksofw01shakuoft Cover of edition completeworksofw1910shak Cover of edition worksofshakespea01shak Cover of edition cu31924013135003 Cover of edition mrwilliamshakesp01shak_0 Cover of edition dramaticworksofw01shak
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  • Cover of: The Family Shakspeare, in Eight Volumes: Vol. VIII

    First published in 1796 11 editions in 2 languages — 8 previewable Cover of edition shakespearedrama07willrich Cover of edition playsofwilliamsh968shak Cover of edition dramaticworksofw07inshak Cover of edition dramaticworkswit08shakuoft Cover of edition dramaticpoetica03shakgoog Cover of edition dramaticworkswi19collgoog Cover of edition tragediastragedi0000will
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  • Cover of: The Shakespeare apocrypha: being a collection of fourteen plays which have been ascribed to Shakespeare

    First published in 1908 11 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition shakespeareapoc00broouoft Cover of edition cu31924013144195 Cover of edition shakespeareapocr0000shak
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  • Cover of: The Portable Shakespeare: seven plays, the songs, the sonnets, selections from the other plays.

    First published in 1944 11 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition portableshakespe00shak Cover of edition shakespeareseven00shak
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  • Cover of: The Phoenix and the Turtle

    First published in 1937 11 editions in 3 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition PhoenixTurtle
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  • Cover of: Sir John Oldcastle

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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, Conflict of generations, Kings and rulers, 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, Rome, Jefferson, London, Venice, Araby, Calcutta, India, Mississippi, Missouri, North Richmond Street, Saint Louis, Surrey, Yoknapatawpha County
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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, 16th century, 1500-1700, 1600s, Antebellum era, Henry IV, 1399-1413, To 1057, 19th century, 20th century, Germanic invasions, 3rd-6th centuries, Henry VI, 1422-1461, 1890, Carnival, 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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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
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