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• How to Perform Shakespeare

  Performing in a Shakespeare play is like performing no other work of literature. His plays evoke a certain feeling in the heart of the audience... more »

• How to Understand Shakespeare

  William Shakespeare's poetry and plays have fundamental to English education. It is important to understand Shakespeare to be successful in an... more »

• How to Teach Shakespeare

  It is imperative that every student learn about and understand Shakespeare's plays. His work threads throughout popular culture and informs much... more »

• How to Enjoy a Shakespeare Play

  If your idea of a fun night out is bowling with your buddies, then you may think that attending a Shakespeare play isn't quite up your alley. But... more »

• How to Start a Shakespeare Reading Group

  Though the name William Shakespeare might recall falling asleep in English Lit, his plays were meant to be performed. Starting a Shakespeare... more »

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William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564 – died 23 April 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the worlds preeminent dramatist.; ; . He is often called Englands national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His surviving works, including some collaborations, consist of 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright..

Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon. At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, who bore him three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part owner of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlains Men, later known as the Kings Men. He appears to have retired to Stratford around 1613, where he died three years later. Few records of Shakespeares private life survive, and there has been considerable speculation about such matters as his physical appearance, sexuality, religious beliefs, and whether the works attributed to him were written by others.; ;

Shakespeare produced most of his known work between 1589 and 1613.; . His early plays were mainly comedies and histories, genres he raised to the peak of sophistication and artistry by the end of the sixteenth century. He then wrote mainly tragedies until about 1608, including Hamlet, King Lear, 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.

Many of his plays were published in editions of varying quality and accuracy during his lifetime. In 1623, two of his former theatrical colleagues publi read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William+Shakespeare