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    William Shakespeare was an English playwright and poet from 1564 to 1616 who is considered the greatest writer of English literature. He wrote most of his plays between 1589 and 1613, starting with comedies and historical dramas and then writing famous tragedies like Hamlet, King Lear, and Macbeth. In the latter part of his life, Shakespeare wrote tragic comedies that blended different genres.

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    William Shakespeare was an English playwright and poet from 1564 to 1616 who is considered the greatest writer of English literature. He wrote most of his plays between 1589 and 1613, starting with comedies and historical dramas and then writing famous tragedies like Hamlet, King Lear, and Macbeth. In the latter part of his life, Shakespeare wrote tragic comedies that blended different genres.

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    WILLIAM

    SHAKESPEARE
    ENGLISH
    PLAYWRIGHT
    AND POET

    BARD OF
    AVON
    1564-1616
    CONSIDERED THE GREATEST WRITER
    OF ENGLISH LITERATURE AND
    NICKNAMED ^BARD OF AVON.
    SHAKESPEARE WROTE MOST OF HIS
    KNOWN WORKS BETWEEN 1589 AND
    1613. HIS EARLY PLAYS WERE
    MOSTLY COMEDIES AND OR
    HISTORICAL DRAMAS, GENRES THAT
    HE ELEVATED TO THE POINT OF
    MAXIMUM REFINEMENT AND ART
    UNTIL THE END OF THE 16TH
    CENTURY. . AFTER THAT, BEFORE
    ABOUT 1608, HE WROTE ESPECIALLY
    TRAGEDIES, INCLUDING THE FAMOUS
    HAMLET, KING LEAR AND MACBETH,
    CONSIDERED SOME OF THE MOST
    BRILLIANT WORKS IN ENGLISH. IN
    THE LATTER PART OF HIS LIFE,
    BARDUL WROTE TRAGIC COMEDIES,
    ALSO KNOWN AS ROMANTIC
    ADVENTURES, AND COLLABORATED
    WITH OTHER PLAYWRIGHTS.

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