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21 hours ago · William Shakespeare. 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 · Download the ABC listen app to hear more of your favourite podcasts. William Shakespeare's plays feature witchcraft, murder, ghosts and bloody revenge. Are his displays of blood and gore simply ...
1 day ago · William Shakespeare’s famous tragedy “Othello” is often the first play that comes to mind when people think of Shakespeare and race.And if not “Othello,” then folks usually name “The Merchant of Venice,” “Antony and Cleopatra,” “The Tempest,” or his first – and bloodiest – tragedy, “Titus Andronicus,” my favorite Shakespeare play.
21 hours ago · Halliwell-Phillipps (1820-1889) was a prolific and controversial literary scholar, who built up vast collections on Shakespeare and English literature. Halliwell-Phillipps established a relationship with the Library through David Laing, who had arranged for Halliwell to have access to our rare copy of 'Titus Andronicus' (London, 1600).
21 hours ago · And we have the title pages on the plays, which only after 1598 bear variants of the name Shakespeare (prior to that, plays like Romeo and Juliet and Titus Andronicus were published anonymously); but it is an uncontested fact that there is not a single document from his lifetime connecting the Stratfordian to a writing career.
5 days ago · The bloodiest of Shakespeare’s tragedies is his earliest, Titus Andronicus, believed to have been written in the 1590s. Titus Andronicus involves a Roman general who sacrifices the son of a defeated enemy. This begins a cycle of vengeful acts, ending with Titus’ daughter having her hands cut off and tongue cut out, and her attackers baked ...
