He also wrote about 150 sonnets, of which perhaps 25 are among the greatest poetry ever written in English.
Shakespeare was also an actor.
He lived in Stratford, England between 1564-1616. He wrote most of his work between 1585-1610, although the exact chronology of the authorship of his plays is not precisely known.
It is often said that we know little about Shakespeare's life. Actually, we know a good deal -- we know more than we do about any literary figure of that day, with the exception of Ben Jonson.
Yet, there remain many theories on who, other than Shakespeare, may have written the works. Shakespeare's reputation--as a poet and dramaturgist--has ebbed and flowed over the past five centuries.
We can divide his dramatic work in this way:
His other literary works include:
Some famous /quotations
See also his contemporaries Christopher Marlowe, Queen Elizabeth I, and Edward de Vere.
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