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  2. 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").

  3. Life of William Shakespeare - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Shakespearean comedy - Wikipedia

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    The Duel Scene from 'Twelfth Night' by William Shakespeare, William Powell Frith (1842). In the First Folio, the plays of William Shakespeare were grouped into three categories: comedies, histories, and tragedies; [1] and modern scholars recognise a fourth category, romance, to describe the specific types of comedy that appear in Shakespeare's later works.

  5. 100 Years of Reader’s Digest: People, Stories, Laughter - AOL

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    Come celebrate Reader's Digest's 100th anniversary with a century of funny jokes, moving quotes, heartwarming stories, and riveting dramas. The post 100 Years of Reader’s Digest: People, Stories ...

  6. The Comedy of Errors - Wikipedia

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    The Comedy of Errors is one of William Shakespeare's early plays. It is his shortest and one of his most farcical comedies, with a major part of the humour coming from slapstick and mistaken identity, in addition to puns and word play.

  7. All the Shakespeare References You May Have Missed in ... - AOL

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    Many beloved romance-focused movies have taken inspiration from the Bard himself: William Shakespeare. 10 Things I Hate About You, the 1999 cult classic that starred Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger ...

  8. 100 loyalty quotes by everyone from Shakespeare to ... - AOL

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    ― William Shakespeare loyalty quotes “Alonso of Aragon was wont to say in commendation of age, that age appears to be best in four things ― old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old ...

  9. Shakespearean history - Wikipedia

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    The Life and Death of King John: Shakespeare: written c. 1595; published 1623 The Tragedie of King Richard the Second / The Life and Death of King Richard the Second: Shakespeare: written c. 1595; published 1597, later enlarged Sir Thomas More: Anthony Munday, Henry Chettle, Thomas Heywood, Thomas Dekker, Shakespeare: written 1590s