William Shakespeare
Born
in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England
April 03, 1564
Died
April 23, 1616
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Genre
Influences
Romeo and Juliet
9935 editions
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published
1597
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Hamlet
8627 editions
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published
1601
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Macbeth: Moment by Moment
by
7608 editions
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published
1606
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream
5503 editions
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published
1595
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Othello
2717 editions
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published
1603
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Much Ado About Nothing
19 editions
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published
1598
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King Lear
3833 editions
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published
1605
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The Tempest
3852 editions
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published
1611
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Julius Caesar
4168 editions
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published
1599
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Twelfth Night
2898 editions
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published
1601
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“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
― As You Like It
― As You Like It
“Love all, trust a few,
Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy
Rather in power than use; and keep thy friend
Under thy own life's key: be check'd for silence,
But never tax'd for speech.”
― All's Well That Ends Well
Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy
Rather in power than use; and keep thy friend
Under thy own life's key: be check'd for silence,
But never tax'd for speech.”
― All's Well That Ends Well
“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind. Nor hath love's mind of any judgment taste; Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste: And therefore is love said to be a child, Because in choice he is so oft beguil'd.”
― A Midsummer Night’s Dream
― A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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If you could meet with one author, who would it be?
J.K. Rowling
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Cassandra Clare
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Stephen King
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Oscar Wilde, C. S. Lewis, James A. Owen, Edgar Allan Poe
Daniel Kahneman
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Chris Colfer
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The Bronte sisters
(write-in)
David Baldacci
(write-in)
62 total votes
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