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William Shakespeare

20 April 1564 - 23 April 1616

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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Subjects
Drama, English literature, Plays, Juvenile drama, English drama, Fiction, Children's plays, British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author), English Young adult drama, Tragedy, Juvenile literature, Vendetta, Kings and rulers, 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, Antebellum era, 1600s, 20th century, Germanic invasions, 3rd-6th centuries, Henry IV, 1399-1413, To 1057, 1500-1700, Henry VI, 1422-1461, Carnival, Civil War, 43-31 B.C., 1066-1687, 1890, 332-30 B.C., Henry V, 1413-1422, Henry VIII, 1509-1547, Richard II, 1377-1399, Richard III, 1483-1485, Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D., 11th century, 1625-1800

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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.
March 14, 2023 Edited by Salar Abdolmohamadian merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import