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    William Shakespeare

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    WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE William Shakespeare was born in April of 1564. There is no specific date of birth because at that time the only date of importance was the date of baptism‚ though infants often were baptized when they were three days old. Shakespeare’s baptismal date was April 26‚ 1564. Shakespeare was born in the village of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire. At the time of his birth‚ the village had a population of 1500 people‚ and only 200 houses. Shakespeare’s father

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    Who was William Shakespeare? It’s 1604‚ you’re at The Globe Theater watching a performance by William Shakespeare. As the play comes to a close everyone is on their feet cheering for this miraculous performance. Little did you know that this play write would be remembered throughout history‚ but what if the man who we believe to be Shakespeare is a fraud? Theories that Shakespeare was not the master mind behind all the works credited to his name started in the early 1900’s. Some people have been

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    Shakespeare in Love

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    In regards to the parental comment about Romeo and Juliet‚ I both agree and disagree. When I say agree‚ what I really mean is that I understand where the parent is coming from and why they think that younger people shouldn’t watch this movie. I understand that the values in the movie are very naïve and somewhat inappropriate. The movie depicts teenagers disobeying their parents‚ so I can clearly see why a parent would not want their child to take away from the movie that it is okay to disobey

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    Shakespeare - Comedy

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    Shakespeare wrote many plays during his lifetime. Some of his plays have similar comedic characteristics and then other plays are the exact opposite of comedy. Shakespeare wrote tragedies‚ romance‚ history‚ comedy and problem plays all with great success. During the performance of these plays there was no scenery so great time was taken when developing the characters and the plot so the plays would be entertaining. A Midsummers Night’s Dream and Much Ado About Nothing are just two of the comedies

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    No Fear Shakespeare

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    Is Shakespeare Scary After All? In English class‚ everyone lets out loud groans when they hear about their next units: Shakespeare. With the class complaining about the hard language and the difficulty of understanding the plays‚ the teacher might grow exasperated and let them read the infamously talked about book No Fear Shakespeare. The teachers are doing question thing when they keep a supplementary text with the original. Yes‚ 15th century Elizabethan era is a tad difficult to understand‚ but

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    Shakespeare in Love

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    The film centres around the forbidden love of William Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) and a noble woman‚ Viola de Lesseps (Gwyneth Paltrow). As the film begins‚ Shakepeare’s patron Philip Henslowe (Geoffrey Rush) finds himself in debt to loan shark Hugh Fennyman (Tom Wilkinson). Henslowe offers Fennyman a partnership in the upcoming production of Shakespeare’s newest comedy‚ Romeo and Ethel‚ The Pirate’s Daughter promising that it will be a hit. This play will later be renamed Romeo and Juliet and

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    Race in Shakespeare

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    discussion that has brought social discomfort and in most instances racial prejudice - Elizabethan England being no exception. William Shakespeare applies the issue of race in many of his plays; such in the tragedy of Othello that captures the reality of society in Elizabethan England‚ showing common racial bias of that era. Through his characters in the play‚ Shakespeare illustrates Elizabethan social ideology towards race‚ in which foreigners have adapted to a lifestyle of racial prejudice. In order

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    1596) and Judith. By 1592 Shakespeare was established in London as an actor and a dramatist‚ and from 1594 he was an important member of the Lord Chamberlain’s Company of actors. In 1598 the Company tore down their regular playhouse‚ the Theatre‚ and used the timber to build the Globe Theatre in Southwark‚ London. Shakespeare became a ’sharer’ in the venture‚ which entitled him to a percentage of the profits. In 1603 the Company became the King’s Men. By this time Shakespeare was the leading playwright

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    Shakespeare Is a Fraud

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    SHAKESPEARE IS A FRAUD January 25th 2012 Shakespeare is a Fraud One cannot write thirty-six plays‚ one hundred and fifty-four sonnets and two long narrative poems if they were ordinary. But unbelievably‚ William Shakespeare did just that from 1564 – 1616. People have questioning how Shakespeare achieved writing such great pieces of literature‚ when the behind the scenes story does not add up. There are no records to prove he wrote anything and there is proof

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    William Shakespeare

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    WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE William Shakespeare was baptised in 26 April‚ 1564 and died in 23 April‚ 1616. He was an English poet and playwright‚ widely known as the greatest writer in the English language. He is often called England’s national poet. His surviving works consist of about 38 plays‚ 154 sonnets‚ two long narrative poems‚ and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. Shakespeare was

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