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    William Shakespeare was an actor, playwright, poet, and theatre entrepreneur in London during the late Elizabethan and early Jacobean eras. He was baptised...
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    William Shakespeare (c. 23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet, and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the...
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    Shakespeare (baptised 2 February 1585 – buried 11 August 1596) was the only son of William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway, and the fraternal twin of Judith...
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  • Life of William Shakespeare is a 2006 book by James S. Shapiro about the life of William Shakespeare in the year 1599. 1599 was the year Shakespeare finished...
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    contemporary physical description of William Shakespeare is known to exist. The two portraits of him that are the most famous (both of which may be posthumous)...
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    John Shakespeare (c. 1531 – 7 September 1601) was an English businessman and politician who was the father of William Shakespeare. Active in Stratford-upon-Avon...
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  • The Guinness Book of Records lists 410 feature-length film and TV versions of William Shakespeare's plays, making Shakespeare the most filmed author ever...
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    Anne Shakespeare (née Hathaway; 1556 – 6 August 1623) was the wife of William Shakespeare, an English poet, playwright and actor. They were married in...
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    William Shakespeare's sexuality has been the subject of frequent debates. It is known from public records that he married Anne Hathaway and had three...
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    following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the life and legacy of William Shakespeare, an English poet, playwright, and actor who...
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    William Shakespeare (1564–1616) was an English poet and playwright. He wrote approximately 39 plays and 154 sonnets, as well as a variety of other poems...
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    article presents a possible chronological listing of the composition of the plays of William Shakespeare. Shakespearean scholars, beginning with Edmond Malone...
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    Shakespeare's plays are a canon of approximately 39 dramatic works written by the English poet, playwright, and actor William Shakespeare. The exact number...
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  • and the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama. In 2020, Brill starred as an apparition come to life of William Shakespeare in the film The Scottish Play. In...
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    William Shakespeare (1564–1616) wrote sonnets on a variety of themes. When discussing or referring to Shakespeare's sonnets, it is almost always a reference...
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    views of William Shakespeare are the subject of an ongoing scholarly debate dating back more than 150 years. The general assumption about William Shakespeare's...
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    The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, usually shortened to Hamlet (/ˈhæmlɪt/), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and...
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    Claims that someone other than William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon wrote the works traditionally attributed to him were first explicitly made in...
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  • Upstart Crow (category Cultural depictions of William Shakespeare)
    based on the life of William Shakespeare written by Ben Elton. The show premiered on 9 May 2016 on BBC Two as part of the commemorations of the 400th anniversary...
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    The Shakespeare funerary monument is a memorial to William Shakespeare located inside Holy Trinity Church at Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, the church...
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    Mary Shakespeare (née Arden; c. 1537 — September 1608) was the mother of William Shakespeare. Mary was born about 1536 in Wilmcote, the daughter of Robert...
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  • Joan Shakespeare (married name Joan Hart; baptised 15 April 1569 – buried 4 November 1646) was the sister of William Shakespeare. She is the only member...
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    The Shakespeare authorship question is a group of conspiracy theories that allege someone other than William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon wrote...
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  • north-northeast of Stratford-upon-Avon, the father of John Shakespeare and the grandfather of William Shakespeare. Shakespeare was born in the Wroxall area, about 7...
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  • playwright and poet William Shakespeare. His name is found in local records of Stratford-upon-Avon and London. Gilbert's father, John Shakespeare, was a glover...
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  • Will Shakespeare, also known as Life of Shakespeare and William Shakespeare: His Life & Times, is a 1978 historical drama series created and written by...
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    née Shakespeare, was the younger daughter of William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway and the fraternal twin of their only son Hamnet Shakespeare. She married...
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    the plays of William Shakespeare were grouped into three categories: comedies, histories, and tragedies. The histories—along with those of contemporary...
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  • and George Foley. It follows the life of the English playwright William Shakespeare. Albert Ward - William Shakespeare Sybil Hare - Anne Hathaway George...
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    in comic roles. He was best known as one of the original stage actors in early dramas by William Shakespeare. Roles associated with his name may have...
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