William Shakespeare

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1. William Shakespeare Poet, Playwright (c. 1564–1616) William Shakespeare, often called the English national poet, is widely considered the greatest dramatist of all time.
3. A horn book, similar to one that Shakespeare might have learned to read from. A primer framed in wood and covered with a thin plate of transparent horn. It included the alphabet in small letters and in capitals, with combinations of the five vowels with b, c, and d, and the Lord's Prayer in English
4. Some fast facts about Shakespeare Born: April 1564, Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom Parents: John and Mary Shakespeare. Brothers and sisters: Joan, born 1558, died before 1569.Margaret, born 1562, died 1563 (aged 5 months).William, born 1564, died 1616. Gilbert, born 1566, haberdasher, died 1612. (A haberdasher sells hats, clothes, thread, ribbons, etc.) Joan, born 1569, married William Hart, died 1646.Anne, born 1571, died 1579.Richard, born 1574, occupation unknown, died 1613.Edmund, born 1580, "player," died 1607. unknown, died 1613.Edmund, born 1580, "player," died 1607. Married: Anne Hathaway (26) when he was 18, in 1582. Children: Hamnet Shakespeare, Susanna Hall, Judith Quiney OCCUPATION: Poet, Playwright EDUCATION: King's New School First Published Play: Henry VI, Part Two, which appeared in 1594. Died: May 3, 1616, Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom
6. Shakespeare’s Play Types Comedies - 17 (The Tempest, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Measure for Measure, The Comedy of Errors, Much Ado About Nothing, Love's Labour's Lost, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, As You Like It, The Taming of the Shrew, All's Well That Ends Well, Twelfth Night; Or What You Will, The Winter's Tale, Troilus and Cressida, Cymbeline, Pericles, Prince of Tyre) Histories - 10 (The Life and Death of King John, The Tragedy of King Richard II, The First Part of King Henry IV, The Second Part of King Henry IV, The Life of King Henry V, The First Part of King Henry VI, the Henry IV, The Life of King Henry V, The First Part of King Henry VI, the Second Part of King Henry VI, The Third Part of King Henry VI, The Tragedy of King Richard III, King Henry VIII) Tragedies - 10 (Coriolanus, Titus Andronicus, Romeo and Juliet, Timon of Athens, Julius Caesar, The Tragedy of Macbeth, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, King Lear, Othello, the Moor of Venice, Antony and Cleopatra) Various poems and sonnets: 4 poems, and 154 sonnets.
7. 1600 Quarto of Merchant of Venice
8. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare History Henry IV, part 1 Henry IV, part 2 Henry V Henry VI, part 1 Henry VI, part 2 Poetry The Sonnets A Lover's Complaint The Rape of Lucrece Venus and Adonis Funeral Elegy by Henry VI, part 2 Henry VI, part 3 Henry VIII King John Richard II Richard III Funeral Elegy by
9. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Comedy All's Well That Ends Well As You Like It The Comedy of Errors Cymbeline Love's Labours Lost Measure for Measure The Merry Wives of Windsor The Merchant of Venice Tragedy Antony and Cleopatra Coriolanus Hamlet Julius Caesar King Lear Macbeth Othello Romeo and Juliet The Merchant of Venice A Midsummer Night's Dream Much Ado About Nothing Pericles, Prince of Tyre Taming of the Shrew The Tempest Troilus and Cressida Twelfth Night Two Gentlemen of Verona Winter's Tale Othello Romeo and Juliet Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus
10. Shakespeare's Bust in the Folger's Paste
11. Shakespeare before Sir Thomas Lucy in the hall of Charlecote. Oil on canvas by Thomas Brooks, 1857.