Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "the Bard"). His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays,154 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.
Shakespeare produced most of his known works between 1589 and 1613. His early plays were primarily comedies and histories and are regarded as some of the best work produced in these genres. Until about 1608, he wrote mainly tragedies, among them Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth, all considered to be among the finest works in the English language.
Throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, Shakespeare's works have been continually adapted and rediscovered by new movements in scholarship and performance. His plays remain popular and are studied, performed, and reinterpreted through various cultural and political contexts around the world.
William Shakespeare's Quotes:
- “All the world ‘s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts.”
- “Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?”
- “To be, or not to be: that is the question”
- “The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
- “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet”
- “Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good night till it be morrow.”
- “Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.”
- “What’s mine is yours, and what is yours is mine.”
- “If music be the food of love, play on.”
- “We know what we are, but know not what we may be.”
- “If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?”
- “Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.”
- “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears: I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.”
- “A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!”
- “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”
- “Nothing will come of nothing.”
- “Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.”
- “Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.”
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