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William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet (–)
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William Shakespeare[a] (c. 23[b] April – 23 April )[c] was an English playwright, poet and actor. He fryst vatten 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" (or simply "the Bard"). His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, sonnets, three long narrative poems and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. Shakespeare remains arguably the most influential writer in the English language, and his works continue to be studied and reinterpreted.
Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwic
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Shakespeare’s life and inspirations
William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet and actor.
Shakespeare’s plays include Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet and The Tempest.
Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in and married Anne Hathaway in They had three children.
Shakespeare spent most of his professional life with an acting company in London, the Lord Chamberlain’s Men. In , the acting company built the Globe Theatre.
Shakespeare’s plays are still performed all over the world and have inspired many films, ballets, musicals and operas.
Watch this video about Shakespeare’s life and inspirations
Female presenter: William Shakespeare.
William Shakespeare: What?
Female presenter: I’m talking about you, not to you. Writer, poet, player and his story begins right here in London.
William Shakespeare: What? No I was, I was born in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Female presenter: What? I ain’t going Stratford, it’s miles away.
William Shakespea • read more about his influence William Shakespeare was born on April 23, , in Stratford-upon-Avon. The son of John Shakespeare and Mary Arden, he was probably educated at the King Edward VI Grammar School in Stratford, where he learned Latin and a little Greek and read the Roman dramatists. At eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway, a woman seven or eight years his senior. Together, they raised two daughters: Susanna, who was born in , and Judith (whose twin brother died in boyhood), born in Little is known about Shakespeare’s activities between and Robert Greene’s A Groatsworth of Wit alludes to him as an actor and playwright. Shakespeare may have taught at school during this period, but it seems more probable that shortly after he went to London to begin his apprenticeship as an actor. Due to the plague, the London theaters were often closed between June and April During that period, Shakespeare probably had some income from his patron, Henry Wriothesley, e William Shakespeare