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    William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. He wrote 38 plays and 154 sonnets that have influenced English literature and Western culture significantly. Some of his most famous plays include Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. He was also an investor and writer for The Globe theater located in London, where many of his plays were first performed. Shakespeare coined over 2,000 words that are still used in modern English and influenced Western literature and culture.

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    William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. He wrote 38 plays and 154 sonnets that have influenced English literature and Western culture significantly. Some of his most famous plays include Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. He was also an investor and writer for The Globe theater located in London, where many of his plays were first performed. Shakespeare coined over 2,000 words that are still used in modern English and influenced Western literature and culture.

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    William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. He wrote 38 plays and 154 sonnets that have influenced English literature and Western culture significantly. Some of his most famous plays include Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. He was also an investor and writer for The Globe theater located in London, where many of his plays were first performed. Shakespeare coined over 2,000 words that are still used in modern English and influenced Western literature and culture.

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    •Globe built in 1599 by the Lord
    Chamberlain's Men, with Shakespeare as
    a primary investor
    •Burned down in 1613 during a production
    of Shakespeare's Henry VIII when a cannon
    misfired and a spark landed on the thatched
    roof
    The Rebuilt Globe Theater, London
    Plays firmly attributed to Shakespeare
    • 14 COMEDIES — play ends in marriage
    * Midsummer Night's Dream, Merchant of Venice,
    Twelfth Night, As You Like It, Much Ado about
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    • 10 HISTORIES — Richard III, Richard II,
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    • 10 TRAGEDIES — play ends in death
    * Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, Othello...
    • 4 romances — Pericles, Cymbeline, Winter's
    Tale, Tempest
    • Two major poems
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    • Rape ofLucrece
    • 154 Sonnets
    • Numerous other poems
    • Poetry usually dedicated to a
    patron
    •Shakespeare coined many words we still use
    today:
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    •Majestic
    •Dwindle
    And quite a few phrases as well:
    •One fell swoop
    •Flesh and blood
    •Vanish into thin air
    See http://www.wordorigins.org/histeng.htm
    Over 12,000 words entered English between 1500 - 1650
    • Shakespeare s plays show the first recorded use of 2,035
    new English words
    Macbeth, Hamlet, and King Lear have one new
    word
    every 2.5 lines
    He created: “antipathy, critical, frugal, dwindle, extract,
    horrid, vast, hereditary, critical, excellent, eventful,
    assassination, lonely, leapfrog, indistinguishable, well-
    read, and countless others (including countless)” (Bryson
    loc. 1396-1406).
    Elizabethan theatre is still plays a part in our day to day lives, mostly
    through the influence of Shakespeare. You can find references to
    his work in films, novels, plays, musicals, songs, poetry, artwork,
    satir Even today his characters and storylines continue to inspir

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