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4 days ago · Shakespeare in Love follows a young Shakespeare who is struggling with writer's block until he meets Viola, who becomes his muse. The cast of the movie includes Joseph Fiennes as Will Shakespeare, Gwyneth Paltrow as Viola De Lesseps, Geoffrey Rush as Philip Henslowe, Tom Wilkinson as Hugh Fennyman, Judi Dench as Queen Elizabeth ...
5 days ago · Shakespeare remains vital because his plays present people and situations that we recognize today. His characters have an emotional reality that transcends time, and his plays depict familiar experiences, ranging from family squabbles to falling in love to war.
- Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway, eight years his senior, when he was 18. They had three children: Susanna and twins Judith and Hamnet. Hamnet die...
- There is some dispute about how many plays Shakespeare wrote. The general consensus is 37.
- Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets. The most famous include Sonnet 18, with opening lines "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?", and Sonnet 130, whi...
- The cause of Shakespeare's death is unknown. However, the vicar of the local church wrote in his journal some fifty years later that "Shakespeare,...
4 days ago · A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy play written by William Shakespeare in about 1595 or 1596. The play is set in Athens, and consists of several subplots that revolve around the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. One subplot involves a conflict among four Athenian lovers.
1 day ago · William Shakespeare. William Shakespeare ( c. 23 [a] April 1564 – 23 April 1616) [b] was an English playwright, poet, and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. [4] [5] [6] He is often called England's national poet and the " Bard of Avon " (or simply "the Bard").
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1 day ago · Shakespeare in Love: Period romantic comedy, starring Joseph Fiennes and Gwyneth Paltrow. Shakespeare in Love airs on Sky Cinema Comedy HD at 8:00 PM, Sunday 2 June. Period romantic comedy ...
3 days ago · Othello ( / ɒˈθɛloʊ /; full title: The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice) is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare, around 1603. The story revolves around two characters, Othello and Iago . Othello is a Moorish military commander who was serving as a general of the Venetian army in defence of Cyprus against invasion by Ottoman Turks.
