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- Born: April 1564
- Died: April 23, 1616
- Birthplace: Stratford-upon-Avon, England
- Wife: Anne Hathaway
- Wrote 38 plays
- Wrote 154 Sonnets
- Writing Style: Blank Verse composed in Iambic Pentameter
- Invented words, like "Assassination"
- His performance company was called The Lord Chamberlain's Men
- His plays were performed at The Globe Theater
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Elizabethan playwright, poet, and actor William Shakespeare is widely considered to be the most influential writer in history. His highly popular plays have been translated into every major language, and are still widely performed throughout the world. Shakespeare completed 38 plays during his lifetime, as well as 154 Sonnets and two long narrative poems. While there has been increased speculation among literary critics and historians as to the authorship of many of his works, he is still looked upon as the greatest writer in the English language.
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Portrait Fiasco
Two of the last remaining portraits of Shakespeare were ruined through a restoration process designed to remove paint that was added to the original layer of the painting. The restorations were conducted in 1988 and 2002 to both the Cobbe portrait and the Folger portrait. Researchers discovered, however, that instead of restoring the portraits, they were actually destroying work that had most likely enhanced the original paintings. Apparently the additional paint was added prior to Shakespeare's death to enhance the original paintings and more closely related to the desired pictures of the bard prior to his death.The Independent: How restorers ruined the last portraits... (March 30, 2009)Plays By Shakespeare
Comedies
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- All's Well That Ends Well
- As You Like It
- Cymbeline
- Love's Labour's Lost
- Measure for Measure
- Much Ado About Nothing
- Pericles, Prince of Tyre
- The Comedy of Errors
- The Merchant of Venice
- The Merry Wives of Windsor
- The Taming of the Shrew
- The Tempest
- The Two Gentlemen of Verona
- The Two Noble Kinsmen
- The Winter's Tale
- Twelfth Night, or What You Will
Tragedies
Shakespeare Epitaph
- "Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear
- To dig the dust enclosed here.
- Blest be the man that spares these stones,
- And cursed be he that moves my bones."Slate: Greer Tames the Shrew (March 31, 2008)
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William Shakespeare on Amazon
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William Shakespeare Bookmark - $1.95
A perfect bookmark for literature lovers, it features a delightful illustration of the author on the front and a brief biography on the back.Amazon
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (43 Works & 154 Sonnets) With Active Table of Contents ATOC - $3.35
This is The Complete Works of William Shakespeare All 43 Works & 154 Sonnets.This eBook has an Active Table of Contents & is easily Searchable.The book opens dire...Amazon
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Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Wordsworth Special Editions) (Wordsworth Royals Series) - $12.99
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) is acknowledged as the greatest dramatist of all time. He excels in plot, poetry and wit, and his talent encompasses the great tragedies of Hamlet, ...Amazon
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The Reduced Shakespeare Company - The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) - $24.99
Life is short. The complete works of Shakespeare are long. To the rescue: THE REDUCED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY, the three-man comedy troupe known for fast, funny, physical condensations...Amazon
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William Shakespeare's Hamlet (Two-Disc Special Edition) - $26.99
Studio: Castle Rock Hm Video Release Date: 08/14/2007 Run time: 242 minutesAmazon
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William Shakespeare Questions
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What do you think of the new Shakespeare portrait? 7 AnswersIt's certainly a flattering portrait, and is already raising a good deal of speculation regarding his health, wealth, etc. After reading some of the commentar... read more -
What is William Shakespeares best play? 7 AnswersNot to wax philosophical but I think Shakespeare's best play is the one when read that speaks to you personally. I guess it's possible that one may be better wr... read more
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Based on the standards of modern orthography (not the orthography of his day), how many words in Shakespeare's plays are misspelled? 2 AnswersAbout 20%. His plays include roughly a million words, so that would be about 200,000 misspellings. I arrived at that figure by taking some random extracts from... read more -
What happened to Captain William Bligh after his crew Mutiny in Tahiti? 1 AnswerAfter the mutiny on the Bounty, Captain Bligh navigated a longboat about 3700 miles. There were 19 men on board. They landed safely on the Island of Timor. No o... read more
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Notable Shakespeare Films
- Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.
- 1935: A Midsummer Night's Dream
- 1948: Hamlet
- 1967: The Taming of the Shrew
- 1968: Romeo and Juliet
- 1989: Henry V
- 1990: Hamlet
- 1993: Much Ado About Nothing
- 1995: Othello
- 1996: Twelfth Night: Or What You Will
- 1996: Romeo + Juliet
- 1996: Hamlet
- 1998: Shakespeare in Love
- 1999: A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Also See Shakespeare on Film Timeline
- Also See Shakespeare on Film Timeline
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The smallest worm will turn being trodden on. -- William Shakespeare, "Henry VI"
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He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument. -- William Shakespeare, "Love's Labour's Lost"
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Like the William Shakespeare quote - "Honesty coupled to beauty is to have honey a sauce to sugar."
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“É um amor pobre aquele que se pode medir.” (William Shakespeare).
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