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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was born on April 1564 in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon, on England’s Avon River. When he was eighteen, he married Anne Hathaway. The couple had three children—their older daughter, Susanna, and the twins, Judith and Hamnet. Hamnet, Shakespeare’s only son, died in childhood.The bulk of Shakespeare’s working life was spent, not in Stratford, but in the theater world of London, where he established himself professionally by the early 1590s. He had a successful career in London as a playwright and actor and was a shareholder in the acting company the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men. He produced most of... Read full bio

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Macbeth will be released on October 08, 2013 in Trade Paperback
Jun 06, 2013
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Excerpt 1 from Henry IV, Part 2
Oct 23, 2012
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Excerpt 1 from Cymbeline
Sep 08, 2012
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Excerpt 1 from The Winter's Tale
Sep 08, 2012
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Excerpt 1 from Titus Andronicus
Aug 09, 2012
Macbeth will be released on July 03, 2012 in Compact Disk, Audio Download
Jul 03, 2012
Macbeth is now available in Compact Disk, Audio Download
Jul 03, 2012
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Jun 27, 2012
Hamlet will be released on April 24, 2012 in Trade Paperback
Apr 24, 2012
Hamlet is now available in Trade Paperback
Apr 24, 2012
Henry VI Part I will be released on August 23, 2011 in eBook
Aug 23, 2011
Henry VI Part I is now available in eBook
Aug 23, 2011
Shakespeare's Sonnets & Poems will be released on August 23, 2011 in eBook
Aug 23, 2011
Shakespeare's Sonnets & Poems is now available in eBook
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Richard II is now available in eBook
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World News Network, June 14, 2013
...painting. Juliet (wife) Montague (father) Lady Montague (mother) Benvolio (cousin) Romeo is one of the title characters in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Romeo is the son of old Montague and his wife, who secretly loves and marries...
Den of Geek, June 14, 2013
...Santa Monica family home and featuring a cast of Whedon regulars, it's a fresh black-and-white adaptation of William Shakespeare's play Much Ado About Nothing. An inspired idea, it strikes me as a perfect follow-up companion piece to The Avengers (a.k.a....
Los Angeles Times, June 13, 2013
...making any trace of boredom completely disappear. (Philip Brandes) (Through June 30) Read more This rip-roaring take on William Shakespeare's romantic comedy opens the 40th anniversary season at Theatricum Botanicum with marvelous forward momentum....
Media Bistro, June 13, 2013
...to improvements in achievement. Top High School Reading, 1907-2012 with Links to Free Books� 1907 Julius Caesar� by William Shakespeare Macbeth� by William Shakespeare Silas Marner� by George Eliot 1923 � by Ivanhoe� by � by Matthew Arnold...
Hollywood Reporter, June 13, 2013
...NEW YORK -- Ethan Hawke will venture into the thicket of power and madness in William Shakespeare's Scottish play when he takes on the title role this fall in a new Broadway staging of Macbeth. Part of the Lincoln Center Theater season lineup, announced...
Baltimore Sun, June 13, 2013
...a pass-the-hat California theater company in 1981, it made a name for itself with "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)." That's the show in which these self-described "madcap men in tights" did 37 Shakespeare plays in 97 minutes. The...
New Yorker, June 13, 2013
...train wreck that is perfectly fitted to the task at hand.” Craig Nova on rewriting . An excerpt from “William Shakespeare’s Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope,” an iambic-verse adaptation. ... read more...
Portage Daily Register, June 8, 2013
...fall, and a Christmas show in December. Shows they are considering next summer are “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: (Abridged),” “Schoolhouse Rock,” and “Our Tomorrow.” The fall school show may come to different communities, as...
Hometown News, June 8, 2013
...3008 Ave. D, Fort Pierce. Free. 'Gnomeo & Juliet' (2011) featuring James McAvoy and Emily Blunt. Based on William Shakespeare's classic, this animated feature takes the tale of two star-crossed lovers and retells it through two families of garden gnomes....
Isthmus Daily Page, June 8, 2013
...org More Information: The Two Gentlemen of Verona June 8 to October 6, 2013 (Up the Hill) By William Shakespeare Directed by Tim Ocel Opening night: June 15 at 8 p.m. The perfect summer-evening Shakespeare. Valentine and Proteus seek...
Big News Network, June 8, 2013
...NEW YORK -- Two-time Tony Award-winner Mark Rylance is to star in William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" and "Richard III" on Broadway this fall, producers announced. Rylance is best known in New York for his Tony-winning performances in the plays...
Benicia Patch, June 8, 2013
...on a tragic collision course in one of Giuseppe Verdi's most stirring operas, his masterful adaptation of William Shakespeare's Othello. Otello captures Verdi at the height of his powers, filling the music with equal measures of poetry and passion....
American Farm Publications, June 8, 2013
...America. It has connections to such historical figures a Thomas Jefferson, designer of the plantation house, George Washington, William Shakespeare and Winston Churchill. “This is comparable to bidding on a Monet painting, so we have no idea what the...
Mirror.co.uk, June 8, 2013
...donated to Oxford University (7) 7 A daughter of King Lear in the play of that name by William Shakespeare (5) 11 Seventh sign of the zodiac (5) 13 and 5 Down 1962 film thriller starring Gregory Peck as Sam Bowden (4,4) 14 Administrative centre of...