William Shakespeare (bapt. April â€" April )[a] was an English
playwright, poet, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in
the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. He is often
called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "the
Bard").[b] His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some
plays,[c] sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses,
some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into
every major living language and are performed more often than those of
any other playwright. They also continue to be studied and
reinterpreted.Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon,
Warwickshire. At the age of , he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he
had three children: Susanna and twins Hamnet and Judith. Sometime
between and , he began a successful career in London as an actor,
writer, and part-owner of a playing company called the Lord
Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men. At age (around ),
he appears to have retired to Stratford, where he died three years
later. Few records of Shakespeare's private life survive; this has
stimulated considerable speculation about such matters as his physical
appearance, his sexuality, his religious beliefs, and whether the
works attributed to him were written by others.
playwright, poet, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in
the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. He is often
called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "the
Bard").[b] His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some
plays,[c] sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses,
some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into
every major living language and are performed more often than those of
any other playwright. They also continue to be studied and
reinterpreted.Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon,
Warwickshire. At the age of , he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he
had three children: Susanna and twins Hamnet and Judith. Sometime
between and , he began a successful career in London as an actor,
writer, and part-owner of a playing company called the Lord
Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men. At age (around ),
he appears to have retired to Stratford, where he died three years
later. Few records of Shakespeare's private life survive; this has
stimulated considerable speculation about such matters as his physical
appearance, his sexuality, his religious beliefs, and whether the
works attributed to him were written by others.
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