William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

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Elizabethan era playwright and poet who is regarded as the most influential writer in English literature. The author of 38 plays and 154 sonnets, he is particularly famous for Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and Othello (tragedies) and for A Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado Nothing, and The Taming of the Shrew (comedies).

  • When was
    William Shakespeare born?

    William Shakespeare was born on Thursday, April 23, 1564

  • Where was
    William Shakespeare born?

    William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England

  • How old is
    William Shakespeare?

    William Shakespeare is 460

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  • The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils; The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man be trusted.

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