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2. William Shakespeare

3. SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564—1616) English poet, player and playwright, was baptized in the parish church of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire on the 26th of April. Birth 1564. The exact date of his birth is not known.

4. He wrote 38 plays and poems in his lifetime. He lived in Stratford-upon-Avon, in Warwickshire, England. His plays are still performed today. He is often quoted in modern writing. He became an actor in 1594 in the Lord Chamberlain's menproduction house.

5. His plays are of different kinds, or genres. There are histories, tragedies and comedies. These plays are one of the main examples of English literature: children study them in schools around the world. Shakespeare wrote his works between about 1590 and 1613

6. Some of hiswork… Tragedy Poetry Comedy History

7. Some of hiswork… Shakespearean tragedies Romeo and Juliet Macbeth Hamlet - Shakespear's best known play Othello Julius Caesar Antony and Cleopatra Shakespearean comedies The Comedy of Errors A Midsummer Night's Dream The Tempest Taming of the Shrew The Merchant of Venice The Merry Wives of Windsor The Winter's Tale Shakespearean Histories Richard III Richard II Henry VI, part 1 Henry VI, part 2 Henry VI, part 3 Henry V Henry IV, part 1 Henry IV, part 2 Henry VIII

8. We are goingtowork… Romeo and Juliet

9. Web sites http://shakespeare.com/ http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/