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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (April 1564-23 April 1616)

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (April 1564-23 April 1616). William Shakespeare was an English author who wrote 38 plays and also many poems in his lifetime. He lived in Stratford-upon-Avon , in Warwickshire , England . His plays are still performed today. He is often quoted in modern writing.

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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (April 1564-23 April 1616)

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  1. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE(April 1564-23 April 1616)

  2. William Shakespeare was an Englishauthor who wrote 38 plays and also many poems in his lifetime. He lived in Stratford-upon-Avon, in Warwickshire, England. His plays are still performed today. He is often quoted in modern writing. He became an actor in 1594 in The Chamberlain's Men production house. His plays are of different kinds, or genres. There are histories, tragedies and comedies. These plays are among the best known in English literature and are studied in schools around the world. Shakespeare wrote his works between about 1590 and 1613. Shakespeare has been credited for adding new words and phrases to the English language and for making some words more popular.

  3. Not a lot of information is known about Shakespeare's life. He was married to Anne Hathaway, a woman eight years older than he was and he had three children.

  4. Some of his plays are:Romeo and Juliette “O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?Deny thy father and refuse thy name;Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my loveAnd I'll no longer be a Capulet.”

  5. ‘A midsummer night’s dream ‘‘Lord, what fools these mortals be’’

  6. King Lear ‘‘Meantime we shall express our darker purpose.’’

  7. The merchant of Venice “The quality of mercy is not strain'd,It droppeth as the gentle rain from heavenUpon the place beneath. It is twice blest:It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.’’

  8. Hamlet “To be, or not to be, that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to sufferThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,Or to take arms against a sea of troubles”

  9. The twelfth night “Oh Time, thou must untangle this, not I.It is too hard a knot for me t' untie! ”

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