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Shake·speare
(shāk′spîr), William 1564-1616. English playwright and poet whose works are noted for their exceptional verbal wit, psychological depth, and emotional range. His plays include historical works such as Richard II; comedies, including Much Ado about Nothing; and tragedies, such as Hamlet, Othello, and King Lear. He also composed 154 sonnets. The earliest collected edition of his plays, the First Folio, contained 36 plays and was published posthumously (1623).
Shake·spear′e·an, Shake·spear′i·an adj. & n.
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Shakespeare
(ˈʃeɪkspɪə)n
(Biography) William. 1564–1616, English dramatist and poet. He was born and died at Stratford-upon-Avon but spent most of his life as an actor and playwright in London. His plays with approximate dates of composition are: Henry VI, Parts I–III (1590); Richard III (1592); The Comedy of Errors (1592); Titus Andronicus (1593); The Taming of the Shrew (1593); The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1594); Love's Labour's Lost (1594); Romeo and Juliet (1594); Richard II (1595); A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595); King John (1596); The Merchant of Venice (1596); Henry IV, Parts I–II (1597); Much Ado about Nothing (1598); Henry V (1598); Julius Caesar (1599); As You Like It (1599); Twelfth Night (1599); Hamlet (1600); The Merry Wives of Windsor (1600); Troilus and Cressida (1601); All's Well that ends Well (1602); Measure for Measure (1604); Othello (1604); King Lear (1605); Macbeth (1605); Antony and Cleopatra (1606); Coriolanus (1607); Timon of Athens (1607); Pericles (1608); Cymbeline (1609); The Winter's Tale (1610); The Tempest (1611); and, possibly in collaboration with John Fletcher, Two Noble Kinsmen (1612) and Henry VIII (1612). His Sonnets, variously addressed to a fair young man and a dark lady, were published in 1609
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Shake•speare
(ˈʃeɪk spɪər)n.
William, 1564–1616, English poet and playwright.
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| Characters in Shakespeare | Play |
|---|---|
| Sir Andrew Aguecheek | Twelfth Night |
| Antonio | The Merchant of Venice |
| Antony | Antony and Cleopatra, Julius Caesar |
| Ariel | The Tempest |
| Aufidius | Coriolanus |
| Autolycus | The Winter's Tale |
| Banquo | Macbeth |
| Bassanio | The Merchant of Venice |
| Beatrice | Much Ado About Nothing |
| Sir Toby Belch | Twelfth Night |
| Benedick | Much Ado About Nothing |
| Bolingbroke | Richard II |
| Bottom | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Brutus | Julius Caesar |
| Caliban | The Tempest |
| Casca | Julius Caesar |
| Cassio | Othello |
| Cassius | Julius Caesar |
| Claudio | Much Ado About Nothing, Measure for Measure |
| Claudius | Hamlet |
| Cleopatra | Antony and Cleopatra |
| Cordelia | King Lear |
| Coriolanus | Coriolanus |
| Cressida | Troilus and Cressida |
| Demetrius | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Desdemona | Othello |
| Dogberry | Much Ado About Nothing |
| Edmund | King Lear |
| Enobarbus | Antony and Cleopatra |
| Falstaff | Henry IV Parts I and II, The Merry Wives of Windsor |
| Ferdinand | The Tempest |
| Feste | Twelfth Night |
| Fluellen | Henry V |
| Fool | King Lear |
| Gertrude | Hamlet |
| Gloucester | King Lear |
| Goneril | King Lear |
| Guildenstern | Hamlet |
| Hamlet | Hamlet |
| Helena | All's Well that Ends Well, A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Hermia | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Hero | Much Ado About Nothing |
| Hotspur | Henry IV Part I |
| Iago | Othello |
| Jaques | As You Like It |
| John of Gaunt | Richard II |
| Juliet | Romeo and Juliet |
| Julius Caesar | Julius Caesar |
| Katharina or Kate | The Taming of the Shrew |
| Kent | King Lear |
| Laertes | Hamlet |
| Lear | King Lear |
| Lysander | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Macbeth | Macbeth |
| Lady Macbeth | Macbeth |
| Macduff | Macbeth |
| Malcolm | Macbeth |
| Malvolio | Twelfth Night |
| Mercutio | Romeo and Juliet |
| Miranda | The Tempest |
| Oberon | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Octavius | Antony and Cleopatra |
| Olivia | Twelfth Night |
| Ophelia | Hamlet |
| Orlando | As You Like It |
| Orsino | Twelfth Night |
| Othello | Othello |
| Pandarus | Troilus and Cressida |
| Perdita | The Winter's Tale |
| Petruchio | The Taming of the Shrew |
| Pistol | Henry IV Part II, Henry V, The Merry Wives of Windsor |
| Polonius | Hamlet |
| Portia | The Merchant of Venice |
| Prospero | The Tempest |
| Puck | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Mistress Quickly | The Merry Wives of Windsor |
| Regan | King Lear |
| Romeo | Romeo and Juliet |
| Rosalind | As You Like It |
| Rosencrantz | Hamlet |
| Sebastian | The Tempest, Twelfth Night |
| Shylock | The Merchant of Venice |
| Thersites | Troilus and Cressida |
| Timon | Timon of Athens |
| Titania | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Touchstone | As You Like It |
| Troilus | Troilus and Cressida |
| Tybalt | Romeo and Juliet |
| Viola | Twelfth Night |
Plays of Shakespeare All's Well that Ends Well, Antony and Cleopatra, As You Like It, The Comedy of Errors, Coriolanus, Cymbeline, Hamlet, Henry IV Part I, Henry IV Part II, Henry V, Henry VI Part I, Henry VI Part II, Henry VI Part III, Henry VIII, Julius Caesar, King John, King Lear, Love's Labour's Lost, Macbeth, Measure for Measure, The Merchant of Venice, The Merry Wives of Windsor, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Othello, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, Richard II, Richard III, Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, The Tempest, Timon of Athens, Titus Andronicus, Troilus and Cressida, Twelfth Night, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Winter's Tale
Poems of Shakespeare The Passionate Pilgrim, The Phoenix and the Turtle, The Rape of Lucrece, Sonnets, Venus and Adonis
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