71+ William Shakespeare Poems Plays
William Shakespeare was an English dramatist poet and actor considered by many to be the greatest dramatist of all time.
William shakespeare poems plays. These dramatic works encompass a wide range of subjects and styles from the playful A Midsummer Nights Dream to the gloomy Macbeth. The ultimate free Shakespeare resource with plays scene synopses character descriptions folios quartos news reviews discussion forum and more. When discussing or referring to Shakespeares sonnets it is almost always a reference to the 154 sonnets that were first published all together in a quarto in 1609. Shakespeares sonnets are poems written by William Shakespeare on a variety of themes.
He is known for his sonnets. No writers living reputation can compare to that of Shakespeare whose notable plays include the tragedies Romeo and Juliet Hamlet King Lear Macbeth and Othello. The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare. He wrote sonnets throughout his career for a private readership.
The HTML versions of the plays provided here are placed in the public domain. With the Corrections Volume 18 William Shakespeare Snippet view - 1966. 26 April 1564 23 April 1616 was an English playwright poet and actor. William Shakespeare 1564 1616 is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language.
Scholars of Elizabethan drama believe that William Shakespeare wrote at least 38 plays between 1590 and 1612. He also wrote two long narrative poems which were published in the 1590s and a few other verses. William Shakespeare Snippet view - 1966. William Shakespeare and the Internet Web site.
The original electronic source for this server was the Complete Mobytm Shakespeare. However there are six additional sonnets that Shakespeare wrote and included in the plays Romeo and Juliet Henry V and Loves Labours Lost. He wrote 39 plays with about half of them considered comedies and two long poems in his lifetime. Shakespeares plays are a canon of approximately 39 dramatic works written by English poet playwright and actor William ShakespeareThe exact number of playsas well as their classifications as tragedy history or comedyis a matter of scholarly debate.
William Shakespeare - William Shakespeare - Shakespeares plays and poems. For other Shakespeare resources visit the Mr. Shakespeare arrived in London probably sometime in the late 1580s. It is not known how he got started in the theatre or for what acting companies he wrote his early plays which are not easy to date.
William Shakespeares name is synonymous with many of the famous lines he wrote in his plays and prose. In Shakespeares era 1564-1616 it was not profitable but very fashionable to write poetry. Yet his poems are not nearly as recognizable to many as the characters and famous monologues from his many plays. Shakespeares plays are widely regarded as being among the greatest in the English language and are continually performed around the world.
William Shakespeare 1564-1616 considered the greatest English-speaking writer in history and Englands national poet has had more theatrical works performed than any other playwright. His plays are still performed today. William Shakespeare regarded as the foremost dramatist of his time wrote more than thirty plays and more than one hundred sonnets all written in the form of three quatrains and a couplet that is now recognized as Shakespearean. This site has offered Shakespeares plays and poetry to the Internet community since 1993.
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright who is considered one of the greatest writers to ever use the English language. He is also the most famous playwright in the world with his plays being translated in over 50 languages and performed across the globe for audiences of all ages. He was in his mid-20s.