1564 - 1616 (aged 52)
English poet and playwright, now widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's preeminent dramatist.[1][2] He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "The Bard").
His surviving works consist of 38 plays,[b] 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems.
Type | Title | Year |
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Play | Richard III | 1590 |
Play | Henry VI | 1590 |
Play | The Taming of the Shrew | 1593 |
Play | A Midsummer Night's Dream | 1595 |
Play | The Merchant of Venice | 1596 |
Play | Romeo and Juliet | 1596 |
Play | Julius Caesar | 1599 |
Play | Hamlet | 1600 |
Play | Othello | 1603 |
Play | Macbeth | 1604 |
Play | Antony and Cleopatra | 1606 |