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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.
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 ...
André Tchaikowsky as a young man. André Tchaikowsky (also Andrzej Czajkowski; born Robert Andrzej Krauthammer; November 1, 1935 – June 26, 1982) was a Polish composer and pianist. In addition to his musical work, he is perhaps best known for bequeathing his skull to the Royal Shakespeare Company for use as Yorick in Hamlet.
The show premiered on 9 May 2016 on BBC Two [1] as part of the commemorations of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death. Its title quotes "an upstart Crow, beautified with our feathers", a critique of Shakespeare by his rival Robert Greene in the latter's Groats-Worth of Wit. [2] The show is set from 1592 (the year of Greene's quotation ...
Shakespeare recalled saying "I wan fi learn how to play this thing [bass]. You haffi teach me", [8] and Barrett agreed to give Shakespeare bass lessons. Shakespeare first went in a music studio when he helped carry Family Man's brother Carlton Barrett's drums into the studio and help set up the drums.
The exact date of its construction is not known, but must have been between Shakespeare's death in 1616 and 1623, when it is mentioned in the First Folio of the playwright's works. The monument, by Gerard Johnson, is mounted on a wall above Shakespeare's grave. It features a bust of the poet, who holds a quill pen in one hand and a piece of ...
Shakespeare Birthday Festival: 1937: Romeo and Henry V The Old Vic: 1 Midnight with the Stars: 6 May 1937: Personal appearance Empire Theatre: 1 Hamlet: 2 –6 June 1937 Hamlet: Elsinore, Denmark 5 Macbeth: 26 November 1937 – 15 January 1938 Macbeth: The Old Vic then New Theatre: 55 Othello: 8 February – 12 March 1938 Iago: The Old Vic: 35 ...
Pages in category "Ballets based on works by William Shakespeare" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .