shakespeare William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an English poet and playwright who has a reputation as the greatest of all writers in the English language and in Western literature, as well as one of the world's pre-eminent dramatists.
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A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

THE SONNETS

THE TEMPEST

THE TRAGEDY OF JULIUS CAESAR

THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH

THE TRAGEDY OF OTHELLO, MOOR OF VENICE

THE TRAGEDY OF ROMEO AND JULIET

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