About William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare 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 national poet and the "Bard of Avon" or simply "the Bard". His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, three long narrative poems and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. Shakespeare remains arguably the most influential writer in the English language, and his works continue to be studied and reinterpreted.
Known for:
Othello|Hamlet|The Two Noble Kinsmen|Romeo and Juliet|The Tempest|A Midsummer Night's Dream|Love's Labour's Lost|Macbeth|Much Ado About Nothing|King Lear|Troilus and Cressida|The Merchant of Venice|Julius Caesar|Twelfth Night|The Two Gentlemen of Verona|As You Like It|Titus Andronicus|Timon of Athens|The Taming of the Shrew|Coriolanus|Henry V|The Comedy of Errors|All's Well That Ends Well|Pericles, Prince of Tyre|Antony and Cleopatra|Henry IV, Part 1|Henry VI, Part 1|Richard II|Richard III|King John|Shakespeare's sonnets|Measure for Measure|Henry VIII|Cymbeline|The Winter's Tale|The Merry Wives of Windsor|Henry IV, Part 2|Henry VI, Part 2|Henry VI, Part 3
