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William Shakespeare

Born

in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England

March 24, 1564

Died

April 23, 1616

Genre

Theatre, Classics, Poetry

Influences

Ovid, Homer, Thomas Kyd, Christopher Marlowe, Lucius Annaeus Seneca ...more

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People note exceptional verbal wit, psychological depth, and emotional range of English playwright and poet William Shakespeare, who included such historical works as Richard II , comedies like Much Ado about Nothing , and such tragedies as Hamlet , Othello , and King Lear and also composed 154 sonnets before people published posthumously First Folio , which collected and contained edition of 36 plays in 1623.

People know and associate Avon, also Upper Avon, a river of south-central England, with Shakespeare.

He and Anne Hathaway, his wife, married in 1582.

Forest of Arden, a formerly very extensive wooded area, north of Stratford-upon-Avon of central England provided the setting for As You Like It of Shakespeare.

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William Shakespeare’s books

Average rating: 3.86 · 7,868,266 ratings · 187,042 reviews · 31,254 distinct works • Similar authors

	Romeo and Juliet 3.74 avg rating — 2,606,787 ratings — published 1597 — 8492 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hamlet 4.02 avg rating — 953,679 ratings — published 1601 — 7888 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Macbeth: Moment by Moment by William Shakespeare, Carmen Kahn (Contributor), Jack Armstrong (Contributor) 3.89 avg rating — 899,197 ratings — published 1606 — 6515 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Midsummer Night’s Dream 3.95 avg rating — 540,861 ratings — published 1595 — 5415 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Othello 3.89 avg rating — 390,335 ratings — published 1603 — 3772 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Much Ado About Nothing 4.06 avg rating — 244,534 ratings — published 1598 — 3041 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	King Lear 3.91 avg rating — 219,191 ratings — published 1605 — 61 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tempest 3.79 avg rating — 210,137 ratings — published 1611 — 3851 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Julius Caesar 3.70 avg rating — 204,156 ratings — published 1599 — 3877 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Twelfth Night 3.97 avg rating — 182,836 ratings — published 1601 — 2992 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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3.70 avg rating — 7,156 ratings

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