Portrait of William Shakespeare, Animalistics, Casein Painting
1. Born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, on April 26, 1564; died on April 23, 1616.
2. He was an English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s foremost dramatist.
3. His works include 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems (“Venus and Adonis” and “The Rape of Lucrece”), and a few other verses.
4. Some of his most famous works are “Romeo and Juliet”, “Hamlet”, “Macbeth”, “Othello”, “Julius Caesar”, and “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”.
5. The Bard’s plays have been translated into every major living language, and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.
6. Shakespeare spent his creative life in the theatre business as a shareholder in an acting company based in London called “The Lord Chamberlain’s Men”.
7. The majority of Shakespeare’s plays were written between 1590 and 1613, with about half of them written before 1600.
8. His plays set the precedent for the modern play format by introducing elements like plot twists, realism, and psychological complexity into his works.
9. Shakespeare’s works also contribute to English literature through their rich wordplay, including puns, word association, allusions, and metaphors.
10. He remains a key figure in the history of western theater and continues to be celebrated for his timeless work even today.
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