William Shakespeare

1564 - 1616 Renaissance English

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William Shakespeare, often called the Bard of Avon, was an English playwright, poet, and actor born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564. He authored 37 plays, 154 sonnets, and several narrative poems, revolutionizing English literature with his profound exploration of human nature, love, power, and tragedy. His works, including Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and King Lear, blend poetic brilliance, complex characters, and universal themes, performed at the Globe Theatre and enduring as cornerstones of Western canon.

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