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Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Shakespeare, also spelled Shakspere, is also known as the Bard of Avon or Swan of Avon, is often called the English national poet and considered by many to be the greatest dramatist of all time. Aside from his work as a dramas, he proved an innovative poet in the sonnet form and was famous during his own time as an actor.
Select Texts:

• Venus and Adonis. 1593.
• The most lamentable Romaine tragedie of Titus Andronicus. 1594.
• Lucrece. 1594.
• The patterne of painefull aduentures. 1594.
• The true tragedie of Richard Duke of York. 1595.
• The tragedy of King Richard the third. 1597.
• The tragedie of King Richard the second. 1597.
• An excellent conceited tragedie of Romeo and Iuliet. 1597.
• The hystorie of Henrie the fourth. 1598.
• A pleasant conceited comedie called, Loues labors lost. 1598.
• The cronicle history of Henry the fift. 1600.
• The second part of Henrie the fourth. 1600.
• A midsommer nights dreame. 1600.
• Much adoe about nothing. 1600.
• The most excellent historie of the merchant of Venice. 1600.
• A most pleasaunt and excellent conceited comedie, of Syr Iohn Falstaffe, and the merrie wiues of Windsor. 1602.
• The tragicall historie of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke.1603.
• M. William Shak-speare: his true chronicle historie of the life and death of King Lear and his three daughters. 1608.
• Shake-speares sonnets. 1609.
• The historie of Troylus and Cresseida. 1609.
• The late, and much admired play, called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. 1609.
• The vvhole contention betvveene the tvvo famous houses, Lancaster and Yorke. 1619.
• The tragedy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. 1622.
• Mr. VVilliam Shakespeares comedies, histories, & tragedies. 1623.
• A wittie and pleasant comedie called The taming of the shrew. 1631.
• Poems: vvritten by Wil. Shake-speare. Gent.1640.
• Macbeth. 1673.
• The tempest, or, The enchanted island. 1674.
• Julius Caesar. 1684.