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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...
was an English poet, playwright, and actor who lived during the 17th century. He is 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".
Shakespeare's works
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Shakespeare bibliography
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Chronology of Shakespeare's plays
This article presents a possible ''chronological listing of the composition of the Shakespeare's plays, plays of William Shakespeare''.
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William Shakespeare's collaborations
Like most playwrights of his period, William Shakespeare did not always write alone. A number of his surviving plays are collaborative, or were revised by others after their original composition, although the exact number is open to debate. Some ...
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Complete Works of Shakespeare''
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Early texts of Shakespeare's works
The earliest texts of William Shakespeare's works were published during the 16th and 17th centuries in quarto or folio format. Folios are large, tall volumes; quartos are smaller, roughly half the size. The publications of the latter are usually ...
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Shakespeare's late romances
The late romances, often simply called the romances, are a grouping of William Shakespeare's last plays, comprising ''Pericles, Prince of Tyre''; ''Cymbeline''; ''The Winter's Tale''; and '' The Tempest''. ''The Two Noble Kinsmen'', of which Shakes ...
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Shakespeare plays in quarto
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Shakespearean problem play
In Shakespeare studies, the problem plays are plays written by William Shakespeare which are characterized by their complex and ambiguous tone, which shifts violently between more straightforward comic material and dark, psychological drama. Shake ...
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Translations of works by William Shakespeare
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List of Shakespearean characters (A–K)
This article is an index of characters appearing in the plays of William Shakespeare whose names begin with the letters A to K. Characters with names beginning with the letters L to Z may be found here.
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List of Shakespearean characters (L–Z)
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List of historical figures dramatised by Shakespeare
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Women in Shakespeare's works
Shakespeare's plays
Shakespeare's tragedies
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Antony and Cleopatra''
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Coriolanus
''Coriolanus'' ( or ) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1605 and 1608. The play is based on the life of the legendary Roman leader Caius Marcius Coriolanus. Shakespeare worked on it during the same yea ...
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Hamlet
''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...
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Julius Caesar
Gaius Julius Caesar (; ; 12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC), was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in a civil war, ...
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King Lear
''King Lear'' is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare.
It is based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his power and land between two of his daughters. He becomes destitute and insane ...
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Macbeth''
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Othello''
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Romeo and Juliet''
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Timon of Athens
''Timon of Athens'' (''The Life of Tymon of Athens'') is a play written by William Shakespeare and probably also Thomas Middleton in about 1606. It was published in the '' First Folio'' in 1623. Timon lavishes his wealth on parasitic companio ...
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Titus Andronicus
''Titus Andronicus'' is a tragedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written between 1588 and 1593, probably in collaboration with George Peele. It is thought to be Shakespeare's first tragedy and is often seen as his attempt to emul ...
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Troilus and Cressida
''Troilus and Cressida'' ( or ) is a play by William Shakespeare, probably written in 1602.
At Troy during the Trojan War, Troilus and Cressida begin a love affair. Cressida is forced to leave Troy to join her father in the Greek camp. Meanwh ...
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Shakespeare's comedies
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All's Well That Ends Well''
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As You Like It''
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The Comedy of Errors
''The Comedy of Errors'' is one of William Shakespeare's early plays. It is his shortest and one of his most farcical comedies, with a major part of the humour coming from slapstick and mistaken identity, in addition to puns and word play. ...
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Cymbeline
''Cymbeline'' , also known as ''The Tragedie of Cymbeline'' or ''Cymbeline, King of Britain'', is a play by William Shakespeare set in Ancient Britain () and based on legends that formed part of the Matter of Britain concerning the early Celti ...
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Love's Labour's Lost''
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Measure for Measure''
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The Merchant of Venice
''The Merchant of Venice'' is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. A merchant in Venice named Antonio defaults on a large loan provided by a Jewish moneylender, Shylock.
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The Merry Wives of Windsor''
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A Midsummer Night's Dream''
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Much Ado About Nothing
''Much Ado About Nothing'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599.See textual notes to ''Much Ado About Nothing'' in ''The Norton Shakespeare'' ( W. W. Norton & Company, 1997 ) p. 1387 The play ...
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Pericles, Prince of Tyre
''Pericles, Prince of Tyre'' is a Jacobean play written at least in part by William Shakespeare and included in modern editions of his collected works despite questions over its authorship, as it was not included in the First Folio. It was p ...
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The Taming of the Shrew
''The Taming of the Shrew'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592. The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the induction, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken ...
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The Tempest''
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Twelfth Night
''Twelfth Night'', or ''What You Will'' is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Vi ...
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The Two Gentlemen of Verona
''The Two Gentlemen of Verona'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1589 and 1593. It is considered by some to be Shakespeare's first play, and is often seen as showing his first tentative steps in laying ...
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The Two Noble Kinsmen
''The Two Noble Kinsmen'' is a Jacobean tragicomedy, first published in 1634 and attributed jointly to John Fletcher and William Shakespeare. Its plot derives from " The Knight's Tale" in Geoffrey Chaucer's '' The Canterbury Tales'', which h ...
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The Winter's Tale
''The Winter's Tale'' is a play by William Shakespeare originally published in the First Folio of 1623. Although it was grouped among the comedies, many modern editors have relabelled the play as one of Shakespeare's late romances. Some crit ...
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Shakespeare's histories
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The Life and Death of King John
''The Life and Death of King John'', a history play by William Shakespeare, dramatises the reign of John, King of England (ruled 1199–1216), the son of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine and the father of Henry III of En ...
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Edward III (play)
''The Raigne of King Edward the Third'', commonly shortened to ''Edward III'', is an Elizabethan play printed anonymously in 1596, and probably partly written by William Shakespeare. It began to be included in publications of the complete wor ...
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Richard II (play)''
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Henry IV, Part 1''
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Henry IV, Part 2''
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Henry V (play)''
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Henry VI, Part 1
''Henry VI, Part 1'', often referred to as ''1 Henry VI'', is a history play by William Shakespeare—possibly in collaboration with Christopher Marlowe and Thomas Nashe—believed to have been written in 1591. It is set during the lifetime ...
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* ''Henry VI, Part 2''
* ''Henry VI, Part 3''
* ''Richard III (play)''
* ''Henry VIII (play)''
Shakespeare's poetry
* Shakespeare's sonnets – Sonnet 1, 1 • Sonnet 2, 2 • Sonnet 3, 3 • Sonnet 4, 4 • Sonnet 5, 5 • Sonnet 6, 6 • Sonnet 7, 7 • Sonnet 8, 8 • Sonnet 9, 9 • Sonnet 10, 10 • Sonnet 11, 11 • Sonnet 12, 12 • Sonnet 13, 13 • Sonnet 14, 14 • Sonnet 15, 15 • Sonnet 16, 16 • Sonnet 17, 17 • Sonnet 18, 18 • Sonnet 19, 19 • Sonnet 20, 20 • Sonnet 21, 21 • Sonnet 22, 22 • Sonnet 23, 23 • Sonnet 24, 24 • Sonnet 25, 25 • Sonnet 26, 26 • Sonnet 27, 27 • Sonnet 28, 28 • Sonnet 29, 29 • Sonnet 30, 30 • Sonnet 31, 31 • Sonnet 32, 32 • Sonnet 33, 33 • Sonnet 34, 34 • Sonnet 35, 35 • Sonnet 36, 36 • Sonnet 37, 37 • Sonnet 38, 38 • Sonnet 39, 39 • Sonnet 40, 40 • Sonnet 41, 41 • Sonnet 42, 42 • Sonnet 43, 43 • Sonnet 44, 44 • Sonnet 45, 45 • Sonnet 46, 46 • Sonnet 47, 47 • Sonnet 48, 48 • Sonnet 49, 49 • Sonnet 50, 50 • Sonnet 51, 51 • Sonnet 52, 52 • Sonnet 53, 53 • Sonnet 54, 54 • Sonnet 55, 55 • Sonnet 56, 56 • Sonnet 57, 57 • Sonnet 58, 58 • Sonnet 59, 59 • Sonnet 60, 60 • Sonnet 61, 61 • Sonnet 62, 62 • Sonnet 63, 63 • Sonnet 64, 64 • Sonnet 65, 65 • Sonnet 66, 66 • Sonnet 67, 67 • Sonnet 68, 68 • Sonnet 69, 69 • Sonnet 70, 70 • Sonnet 71, 71 • Sonnet 72, 72 • Sonnet 73, 73 • Sonnet 74, 74 • Sonnet 75, 75 • Sonnet 76, 76 • Sonnet 77, 77 • Sonnet 78, 78 • Sonnet 79, 79 • Sonnet 80, 80 • Sonnet 81, 81 • Sonnet 82, 82 • Sonnet 83, 83 • Sonnet 84, 84 • Sonnet 85, 85 • Sonnet 86, 86 • Sonnet 87, 87 • Sonnet 88, 88 • Sonnet 89, 89 • Sonnet 90, 90 • Sonnet 91, 91 • Sonnet 92, 92 • Sonnet 93, 93 • Sonnet 94, 94 • Sonnet 95, 95 • Sonnet 96, 96 • Sonnet 97, 97 • Sonnet 98, 98 • Sonnet 99, 99 • Sonnet 100, 100 • Sonnet 101, 101 • Sonnet 102, 102 • Sonnet 103, 103 • Sonnet 104, 104 • Sonnet 105, 105 • Sonnet 106, 106 • Sonnet 107, 107 • Sonnet 108, 108 • Sonnet 109, 109 • Sonnet 110, 110 • Sonnet 111, 111 • Sonnet 112, 112 • Sonnet 113, 113 • Sonnet 114, 114 • Sonnet 115, 115 • Sonnet 116, 116 • Sonnet 117, 117 • Sonnet 118, 118 • Sonnet 119, 119 • Sonnet 120, 120 • Sonnet 121, 121 • Sonnet 122, 122 • Sonnet 123, 123 • Sonnet 124, 124 • Sonnet 125, 125 • Sonnet 126, 126 • Sonnet 127, 127 • Sonnet 128, 128 • Sonnet 129, 129 • Sonnet 130, 130 • Sonnet 131, 131 • Sonnet 132, 132 • Sonnet 133, 133 • Sonnet 134, 134 • Sonnet 135, 135 • Sonnet 136, 136 • Sonnet 137, 137 • Sonnet 138, 138 • Sonnet 139, 139 • Sonnet 140, 140 • Sonnet 141, 141 • Sonnet 142, 142 • Sonnet 143, 143 • Sonnet 144, 144 • Sonnet 145, 145 • Sonnet 146, 146 • Sonnet 147, 147 • Sonnet 148, 148 • Sonnet 149, 149 • Sonnet 150, 150 • Sonnet 151, 151 • Sonnet 152, 152 • Sonnet 153, 153 • Sonnet 154, 154
* ''A Lover's Complaint''
* ''Venus and Adonis (Shakespeare poem), Venus and Adonis''
* ''The Rape of Lucrece''
* ''The Phoenix and the Turtle''
* ''The Passionate Pilgrim''
Shakespeare apocrypha
Plays
* ''Sir Thomas More (play), Sir Thomas More''
* ''The History of Cardenio'' (lost)
* ''Love's Labour's Won'' (lost)
* ''The Birth of Merlin''
* ''Locrine''
* ''The London Prodigal''
* ''The Puritan''
* ''The Second Maiden's Tragedy''
* ''Double Falsehood''
* ''Thomas of Woodstock (play), Thomas of Woodstock''
* ''Sir John Oldcastle''
* ''Thomas Lord Cromwell''
* ''A Yorkshire Tragedy''
* ''Fair Em''
* ''Mucedorus''
* ''The Merry Devil of Edmonton''
* ''Arden of Faversham''
* ''Edmund Ironside (play), Edmund Ironside''
* ''Vortigern and Rowena''
* Ireland Shakespeare forgeries
Poetry
* ''To the Queen''
* ''Shakespeare apocrypha#A Funeral Elegy, A Funeral Elegy''
Analyses of Shakespeare's works
* Shakespeare's editors
* Shakespeare attribution studies
* Shakespeare authorship question
* Shakespeare's writing style
Shakespeare's life
* Anne Hathaway (wife of Shakespeare)
* Shakespeare's Birthplace
* Shakespeare garden
* Shakespeare's Globe
* Shakespeare's handwriting
* Shakespeare in performance
* Portraits of Shakespeare
* Religious views of William Shakespeare
* Reputation of William Shakespeare, Shakespeare's reputation
* Sexuality of William Shakespeare
* Spelling of Shakespeare's name
* Stratford-upon-Avon
* Shakespeare's will
People associated with Shakespeare
* Robert Armin
* Matteo Bandello
* Cuthbert Burbage
* Richard Burbage
* Robert Chester (poet)
* Henry Condell
* The Dark Lady
* Leonard Digges (writer)
* Fair Youth
* Richard Field (printer)
* John Fletcher (playwright)
* Archibald Dennis Flower
* Samuel Gilburne
* John Heminges
* Ben Jonson
* William Kempe
* Edward Knight (King's Men)
* Emilia Lanier
* John Manningham
* Mr W.H.
* Augustine Phillips
* Rival Poet
* John Robinson (17th century)
* Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton
* Nahum Tate
* Anne Whateley
* George Wilkins
* Henry Willobie
Shakespeare's legacy
Shakespeare's influence – in addition to his works, Shakespeare's legacy includes the ongoing performance of his plays, and his influence upon culture and the arts, extending from theatre and literature to present-day movies and the English language itself.
* :Adaptations of works by William Shakespeare
* List of titles of works based on Shakespearean phrases
* Cultural references to Hamlet
* Cultural references to Ophelia
* Cultural references to Othello
Shakespeare memorials and monuments
* Memorials to William Shakespeare
** Shakespeare's funerary monument
* Statue of William Shakespeare, Leicester Square
* Shakespeare's Way
Shakespearean phrases
* Phrases from Hamlet in common English, Phrases from ''Hamlet'' in common English
* "All that glitters is not gold"
* "All the world's a stage"
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All's Well That Ends Well"
* "St Crispin's Day Speech, Band of brothers"
* "Beast with two backs"
* "Between you and I"
* "The Tempest, Brave new world"
* "Macbeth, By the pricking of my thumbs"
* "The dogs of war (phrase), The dogs of war"
* "Et tu, Brute?"
* "Even a worm will turn"
* "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears"
* "Hoist with his own petard"
* "Honorificabilitudinitatibus"
* "Ides of March"
* "The lady doth protest too much, methinks"
* "Let's kill all the lawyers"
* "Mortal coil"
* "Much Ado About Nothing (title), Much Ado About Nothing"
* "Once more unto the breach"
* "The quality of mercy (Shakespeare quote), The quality of mercy"
* "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet"
* "Salad days"
* "Star-crossed"
* "Hamlet, There's the rub"
* "Thy name is"
* "To be, or not to be"
* "Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow"
* "What a piece of work is a man"
* "What's past is prologue"
* "Now is the Winter of our Discontent, Winter of Discontent"
Shakespearean theatre
* Shakespeare festivals
** Shakespeare in the Park festivals
* List of William Shakespeare screen adaptations
** ''BBC Television Shakespeare''
** ''Shakespeare: The Animated Tales''
* ''ShakespeaRe-Told''
* Shakespearean theatres
** Shakespeare's Globe Centres
* :Shakespearean theatre companies
* Shakespeare Theatre Association
Works about Shakespeare
* ''Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare''
* ''Complete Works (web series), Complete Works''
* ''Timeline of Shakespeare criticism''
* ''The Herbal Bed''
* ''Lear, Tolstoy and the Fool''
* ''Nothing Like the Sun: A Story of Shakespeare's Love Life''
* ''The Quest for Shakespeare''
* ''Shakespeare (Anthony Burgess), Shakespeare''
* ''Shakespeare's Kings''
* ''Shakespeare's Politics (book), Shakespeare's Politics''
* ''Shakespeare: The World as Stage''
* ''William Shakespeare (essay), William Shakespeare''
Fictional works about Shakespeare
* ''Shakespeare in Love''
* ''Upstart Crow''
See also
* Outline of literature
* Outline of poetry
* Outline of theatre
External links
Internet Shakespeare EditionsFolger Digital TextsOpen Source Shakespearecomplete works, with search engine and concordance
First Four Folios at Miami University Library, digital collection
The Shakespeare Quartos ArchiveShakespeare's sonnets, poems, and textsat Poets.org
Shakespeare's Wordsthe online version of the best-selling glossary and language companion
Shakespeare's Willfrom The National Archives (United Kingdom), The National Archives
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The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust*
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''Discovering Literature: Shakespeare''at the British Library
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