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1 day ago · William Shakespeare ( c. 23 [a] April 1564 – 23 April 1616) [b] was an English playwright, poet, and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. [4] [5] [6] He is often called England's national poet and the " Bard of Avon " (or simply "the Bard").
2 days ago · William Shakespeare (baptized April 26, 1564, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England—died April 23, 1616, Stratford-upon-Avon) was a poet, dramatist, and actor often called the English national poet. He is considered by many to be the greatest dramatist of all time.
2 days ago · The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, usually shortened to Hamlet ( / ˈhæmlɪt / ), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play.
May 1, 2024 · The story, which is set in 16th-century England, centers on the life of William Shakespeare’s wife Agnes (Anne) Hathaway and their children, with a special emphasis on their son Hamnet.
4 days ago · Very little is known about playwright William Shakespeare's personal life, but the author took what is known and wove it into this story. Shakespeare married at 18 and had 3 children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. When Hamnet was 11 he died of unknown causes. This book imagines his death as the result of plague.
6 days ago · In 1585, Shakespeare’s family was complete, with the addition of his twin children Judith and Hamnet. While Judith and Shakespeare’s older daughter Susanna, survived childhood, the boy Hamnet died at age 11 in 1596.
May 11, 2024 · Anyone familiar with Shakespeare's sketchy biography probably knows that he had a son, Hamnet, who died in 1596 at the age of 11. And anyone who knows Shakespeare's works probably wondered about the similarity between his son's name and that of his best known tragic hero, Hamlet.
