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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

"Who Was Shakespeare?"

"Little is actually known for sure about the man we call William Shakespeare, although his is a name familiar to nearly every English speaking person. His birthday is a guess, and just what he looked like is a mystery. Even his identity itself is sometimes disputed. But most people today consider Shakespeare the greatest of all dramatists. His plays demonstrate a profound understanding of the nature of humanity. His skill with language and his ability to construct a story through dramatic and poetic means is unequaled."
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/merchant/shakespeare.html

"Shakespeare produced most of his known work between 1589 and 1613.[5][nb 4]His early plays were mainly comedies and histories, genres he raised to the peak of sophistication and artistry by the end of the 16th century. He then wrote mainly tragedies until about 1608, including HamletKing LearOthello, and Macbeth, considered some of the finest works in the English language. In his last phase, he wrote tragicomedies, also known as romances, and collaborated with other playwrights."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare


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