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1 day ago · William Shakespeare (c. 23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) 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.
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William Shakespeare (between 26 April 1564 and 23 April 1564...
- Anne Hathaway
Anne Shakespeare (née Hathaway; 1556 – 6 August 1623) was...
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William Shakespeare is a featured article; it (or a previous...
- Judith Quiney
Judith Quiney (baptised 2 February 1585 – 9 February 1662),...
- Life of William Shakespeare
The Chandos portrait, believed to be Shakespeare, held in...
- Religious Views of William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (National Portrait Gallery), in the...
- Sonnets
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) wrote sonnets on a variety...
- World Shakespeare Bibliography
World Shakespeare Bibliography Online is a searchable...
- Portraits of Shakespeare
From farthest left to right: The Cobbe portrait (1610), The...
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4 days ago · King Lear is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is loosely based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his power and land between his daughters Goneril and Regan, who pay homage to gain favour, feigning love.
10 hours ago · Depicted, counter-clockwise from top-left, are: Macbeth and Banquo meet the witches; just after the murder of Duncan; Banquo's ghost; Macbeth duels Macduff; and Macbeth. Macbeth ( / məkˈbɛθ /, full title The Tragedie of Macbeth) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It is thought to have been first performed in 1606.
5 days ago · The Tempest, drama in five acts by William Shakespeare, first written and performed about 1611 and published in the First Folio of 1623 from an edited transcript, by Ralph Crane (scrivener of the King’s Men), of the author’s papers after they had been annotated for production.
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4 days ago · Will Tosh, who argues that Ovid surfaces repeatedly “throughout [Shakespeare’s] plays as a narrative source, a spring of thematic inspiration, and a treasure trove of verbal echoes.”. What is surprising, however, is discovering how many different sources also recur in Shakespeare’s plays.
3 days ago · Romeo and Juliet, play by William Shakespeare, written about 1594–96 and first published in an unauthorized quarto in 1597. The appeal of the young hero and heroine is such that they have become, in the popular imagination, the representative of star-crossed lovers.
6 days ago · Editions and Adaptations of Shakespeare contains searchable full text of eleven major editions of Shakespeare's works from the First Folio of 1623 to the Cambridge edition of 1863–66, plus contemporary printings of individual plays and poems, selected apocrypha and related works.
