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Shakespeare was born on Staten Island, New York. [1] His father, Valentine Shakespeare, was a New York City firefighter and the captain of Fire Company 163. [2] The family claimed to be direct descendants of the famed writer William Shakespeare. [3] The younger Shakespeare became a star football player at Staten Island's Port Richmond High ...
William Shakespeare [a] (c. 23 [b] April 1564 – 23 April 1616) [c] 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").
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Little is known of Shakespeare's personal life, and some anti-Stratfordians take this as circumstantial evidence against his authorship. [37] Further, the lack of biographical information has sometimes been taken as an indication of an organised attempt by government officials to expunge all traces of Shakespeare, including perhaps his school records, to conceal the true author's identity.
Not Without Hope is a 2010 non-fiction book by Nick Schuyler and Jeré Longman.The book describes a 2009 boating accident that Schuyler survived while his three friends, including NFL players Marquis Cooper and Corey Smith, died.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 30 January 2025. The Chandos portrait, believed to be Shakespeare, held in the National Portrait Gallery, London William Shakespeare was an actor, playwright, poet, and theatre entrepreneur in London during the late Elizabethan and early Jacobean eras. He was baptised on 26 April 1564 [a] in Stratford ...
From a 16-year-old truck washer to the inventor of the Pop Tart: William Post dies at 96, leaving great wealth and a legacy of snack innovation behind Sydney Lake, Sasha Rogelberg February 15 ...
Died: Tony Marino , 26, American bantamweight boxer, died two days after being knocked out in his bout against Carlos "Indian" Quintana in Brooklyn. [ 6 ] Marino's death, which came after he had been knocked to the canvas five times, led to the New York State Athletic Commission 's emergency meeting and the passage of the innovative "three ...