William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564 – died 23 April 1616) is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s greatest dramatist. His extant work consists of 39 plays, 154 sonnets, 3 longer narrative poems, and a few other verses. This work has been translated into every major language on the planet, and continues to be studied, reinterpreted and performed every single day.

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All’s Well That Ends Well (1603)
Antony And Cleopatra (1607)
As You Like It (1600)
The Comedy Of Errors (1593)
Coriolanus (1608)
Cymbeline (1610)
Hamlet (1601)
Henry IV, Part 2 (1598)
Henry IV, Part I (1598)
Henry V (1599)
Henry VI, Part 1 (1592)
Henry VI, Part 2 (1591)
Henry VI, Part 3 (1591)
Henry VIII (1613)
Julius Caesar (1600)
King John (1597)
King Lear (1606)
Love’s Labour’s Lost (1595)
Macbeth (1606)
Measure For Measure (1605)
The Merchant Of Venice (1597)
The Merry Wives Of Windsor (1601)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1596)
Much Ado About Nothing (1599)
Othello (1605)
Pericles, Prince Of Tyre (1609)
The Poems (1600)
Richard II (1596)
Richard III (1593)
Romeo And Juliet (1595)
The Sonnets (1600)
The Taming Of The Shrew (1594)
The Tempest (1612)
Timon Of Athens (1608)
Titus Andronicus (1594)
Troilus And Cressida (1602)
Twelfth Night (1600)
The Two Gentlemen Of Verona (1595)
The Two Noble Kinsmen (1613)
The Winter’s Tale (1611)

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