William Shakespeare
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Shakespeare’s Boss: The Master of Revels
The man to impress and fear… Anyone involved in the production of plays in Elizabethan England, from the playwright to…
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Portraits of Shakespeare
There are several portraits and miniatures of Shakespeare. Here is some information about the most important:1) Chandos Portrait. The Chandos…
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Was Shakespeare Really Shakespeare?
For hundreds of years people were perfectly content to embrace the simple logic that William Shakespeare, respected actor, poet and…
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How to Study Shakespeare
Five steps to success reading a Shakespeare play Many students of English literature dread studying Shakespeare. However, while it is…
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Shakespeare’s Contemporaries
Shakespearean England was a treasure-trove of historical giants – Elizabeth I, Ben Jonson, the Earl of Essex, Edward Alleyn, John…
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Playing Fast and Loose with Shakespeare’s Name
The Elizabethans cared as little for spelling as they did for the Spanish and nowhere is their comical disregard for…
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Four Periods of Shakespeare’s Life
From Halleck’s New English Literature by Reuben Post Halleck. New York: American Book Company, 1913. We may make another classification from a…
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How Many Plays Did Shakespeare Write?
The general consensus is that Shakespeare wrote thirty-seven plays (see list below). However, no one can know for certain because…
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Shakespeare’s Children
William and Anne Shakespeare had three children. Their first child was Susanna, born a mere six months after the wedding…
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Shakespeare’s Marriage
Recordings in the Episcopal register at Worcester on the dates of November 27 and 28, 1582, reveal that Shakespeare desired…
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