{"id":4919,"date":"2017-04-10T09:20:53","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T16:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/?p=4919"},"modified":"2017-04-15T16:17:02","modified_gmt":"2017-04-15T23:17:02","slug":"william-shakespeare-1564-1616","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/william-shakespeare-1564-1616\/","title":{"rendered":"William Shakespeare 1564 &#8211; 1616"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4936 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ShakespeareDates.jpg\" alt=\"William Shakespeare\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ShakespeareDates.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ShakespeareDates-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ShakespeareDates-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/ShakespeareDates-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright and actor. \u00a0His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.<\/p>\n<p>Shakespeare was baptised on April 26, 1564 and died on April 23, 1616. \u00a0While his exact date of birth is unknown, historians believe it to be April 23, 1564.<\/p>\n<p>At the age of 18, Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway. \u00a0They had three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Sometime between 1585 and 1592, Shakespeare began a career in London as an actor, writer, and part-owner of a theatrical company called the Lord Chamberlain&#8217;s Men. \u00a0The company later changed its name to the King&#8217;s Men.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s believed that in 1613 Shakespeare retired to Stratford. \u00a0He died there three years later.<\/p>\n<p>There are few records of Shakespeare&#8217;s private life. \u00a0That&#8217;s lead to much speculation about his physical appearance, sexuality, religious beliefs and\u00a0the authenticity of works attributed to him.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2nxZLB4\" target=\"_blank\">William Shakespeare at Amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Comedies by William Shakespeare<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_title_resp.php?TName=All%27s%20Well%20That%20Ends%20Well\">All&#8217;s Well That Ends Well<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_title_resp.php?TName=As%20You%20Like%20It\">As You Like It<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_title_resp.php?TName=The%20Comedy%20of%20Errors&amp;page=1\">The Comedy of Errors<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_title_resp.php?TName=Cymbeline&amp;page=1\">Cymbeline<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_title_resp.php?TName=Love%27s%20Labour%27s%20Lost\">Love&#8217;s Labours Lost<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_title_resp.php?TName=Measure%20for%20Measure\">Measure for Measure<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_title_resp.php?TName=The%20Merry%20Wives%20of%20Windsor\">The Merry Wives of Windsor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_title_resp.php?TName=The%20Merchant%20of%20Venice\">The Merchant of Venice<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_title_resp.php?TName=A%20Midsummer%20Night%27s%20Dream\">A Midsummer Night&#8217;s Dream<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_title_resp.php?TName=Much%20Ado%20About%20Nothing\">Much Ado About Nothing<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Pericles, Prince of Tyre<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_title_resp.php?TName=The%20Taming%20of%20the%20Shrew\">Taming of the Shrew<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_title_resp.php?TName=The%20Tempest\">The Tempest<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_title_resp.php?TName=Troilus%20and%20Cressida\">Troilus and Cressida<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Twelfth Night<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_title_resp.php?TName=Two%20Gentlemen%20of%20Verona\">Two Gentlemen of Verona<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_title_resp.php?TName=The%20Winter%27s%20Tale\">Winter&#8217;s Tale<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Histories by William Shakespeare<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_title_resp.php?TName=Henry%20IV,%20Part%20One\">Henry IV, part 1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_title_resp.php?TName=Henry%20IV,%20Part%20Two\">Henry IV, part 2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_title_resp.php?TName=Henry%20V\">Henry V<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_title_resp.php?TName=Henry%20VI,%20Part%20One\">Henry VI, part 1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_title_resp.php?TName=Henry%20VI,%20Part%20Two\">Henry VI, part 2<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Henry VI, part 3<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_title_resp.php?TName=Henry%20VIII\">Henry VIII<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_title_resp.php?TName=King%20John\">King John<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_title_resp.php?TName=King%20Richard%20II\">Richard II<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Richard III<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Tragedies by William Shakespeare<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_title_resp.php?TName=Antony%20and%20Cleopatra\">Antony and Cleopatra<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_title_resp.php?TName=Coriolanus&amp;page=1\">Coriolanus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_title_resp.php?TName=Hamlet,%20Prince%20of%20Denmark\">Hamlet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_title_resp.php?TName=Julius%20Caesar\">Julius Caesar<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_title_resp.php?TName=King%20Lear\">King Lear<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_title_resp.php?TName=Macbeth\">Macbeth<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_title_resp.php?TName=Othello\">Othello<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_title_resp.php?TName=Romeo%20and%20Juliet\">Romeo and Juliet<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Timon of Athens<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_title_resp.php?TName=Titus%20Andronicus\">Titus Andronicus<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Partial List of Poems by William Shakespeare<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Sonnets<\/li>\n<li>The Rape of Lucrece<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.litquotes.com\/quote_title_resp.php?TName=Venus%20and%20Adonis\">Venus and Adonis<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright and actor.  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