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  2. Portraits of Shakespeare - Wikipedia

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    The Wadlow portrait Believed to be a portrait of William Shakespeare painted in 1595. [20] It was bought in the late 1960s by Peter Wadlow from a firm of picture restorers and art dealers called Pryse Hughes. [21] Peter Wadlow was told that it was painted in 1595. The painting has the number 31 at the top left. William Shakespeare was 31 in ...

  3. Macbeth - Wikipedia

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    Shakespeare saw the dramatic possibilities in the story as related by Holinshed, and used it as the basis for the play. [9] No other version of the story has Macbeth kill the king in Macbeth's own castle. Scholars have seen this change of Shakespeare's as adding to the darkness of Macbeth's crime as the worst violation of hospitality.

  4. William Shakespeare - Wikipedia

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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. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "the Bard").

  5. The Comedy of Errors - Wikipedia

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    The Comedy of Errors adapted and directed by Sean Graney in 2010 updated Shakespeare's text to modern language, with occasional Shakespearean text, for The Court Theatre. The play appears to be more of a "translation" into modern-esque language, than a reimagination. [ 16 ]

  6. Cultural references to Macbeth - Wikipedia

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    William Blake's paintings were also influenced by Shakespeare, including his Pity, inspired by Macbeth's "Pity, like a naked new-born babe, striding the blast." [85] Sarah Siddons' triumph in the role of Lady Macbeth led Joshua Reynolds to depict her as The Muse of Tragedy. [86]

  7. The Seven Ages of Man (painting series) - Wikipedia

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    The Infant The Schoolboy The Lover The Seven Ages of Man is a series of paintings by Robert Smirke, derived from the famous monologue beginning all the world's a stage from William Shakespeare's As You Like It, spoken by the melancholy Jaques in Act II Scene VII. The stages referred are: infant, schoolboy, lover, soldier, justice, pantaloon and old age. The set of paintings are in pen and ink ...

  8. Cawdor Castle - Wikipedia

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    Cawdor Castle Gardens. The castle is known for its gardens, which include the Walled Garden (originally planted in the 17th century), the Flower Garden (18th century), [2] and the Wild Garden (added in the 1960s). In addition, the castle grounds include a wood featuring numerous species of trees (as well as over 100 species of lichen ...

  9. Macbeth (1971 film) - Wikipedia

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    Williams suggested the scene communicates Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's growing callousness after taking power, [13] while Kenneth S. Rothwell and Morrison matched the scene to Shakespeare's Macbeth describing himself as "bear-like". [14] [15] Annis's portrayal of Lady Macbeth has been likened to Lady Godiva (Lady Godiva painting 1897 by John Collier)