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Shakespeare
[ sheyk-speer ]
noun
- William, the Bardthe Bard of Avon, 1564–1616, English poet and dramatist.
Shakespeare
/ ˈʃeɪkspɪə /
noun
- ShakespeareWilliam15641616MEnglishTHEATRE: dramatistWRITING: poet 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
Other Words From
- pre-Shakespeare adjective
Example Sentences
Shakespeare,” said Professor Watson, “wrote a story for each of us and in them we can hear what we want.
My trip takes the reverse path, and I begin by assessing the depth of my Shakespeare knowledge in his birthplace.
Apparently, Shakespeare coined 1,700 words, from the frequently used (excitement) to the should-be-more frequently used (spewed).
Was it Shakespeare, in mad pursuit of a lovely boy and that voluptuous Dark Lady?
You were the first black actor to play an English king in a major Shakespeare production, and the media treated it bizarrely.
What is, then, this precious drink I read of in my Shakespeare—so precious, that your lordship will not trust him to his butler?
We will try another case: You want to remember the number of plays that Shakespeare wrote.
The king had written against Tobacco, and Will Shakespeare set his watch to the time.
Then a humorist told some of his own funny stories and an elocutionist recited a bit from Shakespeare effectively.
On the subject of Shakespeare's height he could not speak with assurance, but Keats was only just over five feet.
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