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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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Born 20 April 1564
Died 23 April 1616

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  • Cover of: Romeo and Juliet: By William Shakespeare

    First published in 2018 — 20 editions
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    First published in 1825 — 20 editions
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  • Cover of: The Passionate Pilgrim

    Cover of edition thepassionatepil01545gut Cover of edition cu31924020326041 Cover of edition passionatepilgri00shakrich Cover of edition thepassionatepil01544gut Cover of edition passionate_pilgrim_cal_librivox Cover of edition passionatepilgri00shakuoft Cover of edition passionatepilgr00leegoog First published in 1599 — 20 editions
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    First published in 2019 — 19 editions
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  • Cover of: [Dramatische Werke] Shakspeare's dramatische Werke: Bd. 8

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  • Cover of: Dramatische Werke: Nach der Uebersetzung von August Wilhelm Schlegel und Ludwig Tieck sorgfältig revidirt und theilweise neu bearbeitet, mit Einleitungen und Noten versehen, under Redaktion von H. Ulrici hrsg. durch die Deutsche Shakespeare-Gesellschaft

    First published in 1844 — 18 editions
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  • Cover of: The ages of man: Shakespeare's image of man and nature, arranged by George Rylands

    First published in 1939 — 17 editions
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  • Cover of: The Histories and Poems

    Cover of edition historiespoems0000shak_z4w3 Cover of edition historiespoems0000shak_a5a9 Cover of edition historiessonnets0000shak First published in 1801 — 17 editions
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  • Cover of: The tragedy of Locrine, 1595

    Cover of edition tragedyoflocrine00shak Cover of edition locrinenewlysetf00smituoft Cover of edition cu31924013134352 Cover of edition tragedylocrine00mckegoog Cover of edition kniglokrineintr00shakgoog First published in 1734 — 17 editions
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  • Cover of: The poems of Shakespeare

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  • Cover of: Venus and Adonis: The rape of Lucrece, and other poems

    Cover of edition venusandadonisr01browgoog Cover of edition poems0000shak Cover of edition poems0000shak_a6j6 Cover of edition poems00y1unse_c6z3 Cover of edition poems0000shak_l2e1 Cover of edition poems0000shak_y0g0 First published in 1913 — 17 editions
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  • Cover of: The Works of Shakespeare: Volume the Eighth

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  • Cover of: The home book of Shakespeare quotations: being also a concordance & a glossary of the unique words & phrases in the plays & poems

    Cover of edition stevensonsbookof0000stev_n6e4 Cover of edition standardbookofsh0000shak Cover of edition folgerbookofshak0000shak First published in 1937 — 17 editions
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  • Cover of: The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature: Reading Thinking Writing

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  • Cover of: 莎士比亚全集

    First published in 1967 — 17 editions
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  • Cover of: Cambridge Shakespeare

    First published in 2009 — 16 editions
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  • Cover of: Henry Irving Shakespeare

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Born 20 April 1564
Died 23 April 1616

Subjects

Drama, English literature, Plays, Juvenile drama, English drama, Fiction, British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author), Children's plays, 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