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B4Success: Shakespeare: Shakespeare William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language an...
Shakespeare
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".
Born | Baptised 26 April 1564 (birth date unknown) Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England |
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Died | 23 April 1616 (aged 52) Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England |
Occupation | Playwright, poet, actor |
Nationality | English |
Period | English Renaissance |
Spouse(s) | Anne Hathaway (m. 1582–1616) |
Children | |
William
Shakespeare (26 April 1564 (baptised) – 23 April 1616)[nb 1] was an English poet and playwright, widely
regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's
pre-eminent dramatist.[1] He is often called
England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon".[2][nb
2] His surviving works, including some collaborations, consist of about
38 plays,[nb 3] 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.[3] Shakespeare was born and brought up in Stratford-upon-Avon. At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part owner of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men. He appears to have retired to Stratford around 1613 at age 49, where he died three years later. Few records of Shakespeare's private life survive, and there has been considerable speculation about such matters as his physical appearance, sexuality, religious beliefs, and whether the works attributed to him were written by others.[4] Shakespeare produced most of his known work between 1589 and 1613.[5][nb 4] His early plays were mainly comedies and histories, genres he raised to the peak of sophistication and artistry by the end of the 16th century. He then wrote mainly tragedies until about 1608, including Hamlet, King Lear, Othello, and Macbeth, considered some of the finest works in the English language. In his last phase, he wrote tragicomedies, also known as romances, and collaborated with other playwrights. Many of his plays were published in editions of varying quality and accuracy during his lifetime. In 1623, two of his former theatrical colleagues published the First Folio, a collected edition of his dramatic works that included all but two of the plays now recognised as Shakespeare's. |
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I liked the Shakespeare quote that appeared in the little quote box in the sidebar of my blog today.
See first that the design is wise and just: that ascertained, pursue it resolutely; do not for one repulse forego the purpose that you resolved to effect.
This kind of sums up how I'm trying to approach my writing at the moment.
Who are all Like Shakespeare?
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