William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright now widely regarded as the greatest writer of the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. His surviving works include at least 38 plays, two long narrative poems and 154 sonnets, as well as a variety of other poems. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "The Bard"). Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, and at 18 married Anne Hathaway, …
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| Born: | January 1, 1564 |
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| Died: | January 1, 1616 |
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The definitive Wikipedia entry for William Shakespeare. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare |
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this site you will find the British Librarys 93 copies
of the 21 plays by William Shakespeare printed in quarto before
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theatres were closed in 1642. www.bl.uk/treasures/shakespeare/homepage.html |
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CASP is the first research project of its kind anywhere in the world devoted to the systematic exploration and documentation of the ways in which Shakespeare has been adapted into a national, multicultural theatrical practice. www.canadianshakespeares.ca/ |
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Open Source Shakespeare attempts to be the best free Web site containing
Shakespeare's complete works. www.opensourceshakespeare.org |
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Co-operation and Partnership among UK Shakespeare Collections. A resource for Shakespeare studies, part of the BLCPP project. www.touchstone.bham.ac.uk/index.html |
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In addition to the well known canon of plays which Shakespeare is known to have written there are a number of other plays which may also have been written in whole or in part by the Bard. shakespeare-1.com/doubtful/ |
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Welcome to the Shakespeare Wiki, a Shakespearean database that anyone can edit . shakespeare.wikicities.com |
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Quotes for William Shakespeare
See all love all trust few do wrong to no one
Men have died from time to time and worms have eaten them. But not for love.
'Tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he seems
'Tis better to bear the ills we have than fly to others that we know not of
'Tis not enough to help the feeble up, but to support them after
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