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narrative poem. epitaph) Signature. William Shakespeare ( c. 23 [a] April 1564 – 23 April 1616) [b] was an English playwright, poet, and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.
William Shakespeare [1] ( /ˈʃɛkspir/, [2] in inglese /ˈʃeɪkspɪər/; Stratford-upon-Avon, 23 aprile 1564 [3] – Stratford-upon-Avon, 23 aprile 1616 [4]) è stato un drammaturgo e poeta inglese, considerato il più importante scrittore inglese e generalmente ritenuto il più eminente drammaturgo della cultura occidentale [5] [6 ...
- Theatre and Stage Setup
- Elizabethan Shakespeare
- Jacobean Shakespeare
- Style
- Source Material of The Plays
- Canonical Plays
- Dramatic Collaborations
- Lost Plays
- Plays Possibly by Shakespeare
- Shakespeare and The Textual Problem
Archaeological excavations on the foundations of the Rose and the Globe in the late twentieth century suggested that all London English Renaissance theatres were built around similar general plans. Despite individual differences, the public theatres were three stories high and built around an open space at the center. Usually polygonal in plan to g...
For Shakespeare, as he began to write, both traditions were alive; they were, moreover, filtered through the recent success of the University Wits on the London stage. By the late 16th century, the popularity of morality and academic plays waned as the English Renaissance took hold, and playwrights like Thomas Kyd and Christopher Marlowe revolution...
Shakespeare reached maturity as a dramatist at the end of Elizabeth's reign, and in the first years of the reign of James. In these years, he responded to a deep shift in popular tastes, both in subject matter and approach. At the turn of the decade, he responded to the vogue for dramatic satire initiated by the boy players at Blackfriars and St. P...
During the reign of Queen Elizabeth, "drama became the ideal means to capture and convey the diverse interests of the time."[citation needed] Stories of various genres were enacted for audiences consisting of both the wealthy and educated and the poor and illiterate. Later on, he retired at the height of the Jacobean period, not long before the sta...
As was common in the period, Shakespeare based many of his plays on the work of other playwrights and recycled older stories and historical material. His dependence on earlier sources was a natural consequence of the speed at which playwrights of his era wrote; in addition, plays based on already popular stories appear to have been seen as more lik...
Except where noted, the plays below are listed, for the thirty-six plays included in the First Folio of 1623, according to the order in which they appear there, with two plays that were not included (Pericles, Prince of Tyre and The Two Noble Kinsmen) being added at the end of the list of comedies and another (Edward III) at the end of the list of ...
Like most playwrights of his period, Shakespeare did not always write alone, and a number of his plays were collaborative, although the exact number is open to debate. Some of the following attributions, such as for The Two Noble Kinsmen, have well-attested contemporary documentation; others, such as for Titus Andronicus, remain more controversial ...
Love's Labour's Won – A late sixteenth-century writer, Francis Meres, and a bookseller's list both include this title among Shakespeare's recent works, but no play of this title has survived. It ma...Cardenio – Attributed to William Shakespeare and John Fletcher in a Stationers' Register entry of 1653 (alongside a number of erroneous attributions), and often believed to have been re-worked from...Note: For a comprehensive account of plays possibly by Shakespeare or in part by Shakespeare, see the separate entry on the Shakespeare apocrypha. 1. Arden of Faversham– The middle portion of the play (scenes 4–9) may have been written by Shakespeare. 2. Edmund Ironside– Contains numerous words first used by Shakespeare, and, if by him, is perhaps ...
Unlike his contemporary Ben Jonson, Shakespeare did not have direct involvement in publishing his plays and produced no overall authoritative version of his plays before he died. As a result, the problem of identifying what Shakespeare actually wrote is a major concern for most modern editions. One of the reasons there are textual problems is that ...
Shakespearean tragedy is the designation given to most tragedies written by playwright William Shakespeare. Many of his history plays share the qualifiers of a Shakespearean tragedy, but because they are based on real figures throughout the history of England, they were classified as "histories" in the First Folio.
Secondo la scansione presente già nel First Folio e poi divenuta tradizionale, le opere di William Shakespeare sono state suddivise in tre categorie: tragedie, commedie e drammi storici. Shakespeare scrisse tragedie fin dall'inizio della sua carriera come drammaturgo: una delle sue prime opere fu la cupa tragedia Tito Andronico ...
Shakespearean history. Opening page of the First Folio King John. In the First Folio, the plays of William Shakespeare were grouped into three categories: comedies, histories, and tragedies. The histories—along with those of contemporary Renaissance playwrights—help define the genre of history plays. [1]
Secondo la scansione presente già nel First Folio e poi divenuta tradizionale, le opere di William Shakespeare sono state suddivise in tre categorie: tragedie, commedie e drammi storici. I drammi storici sono solitamente descritti come opere basate sulle vite di alcuni re d'Inghilterra, tanto che ne restano esclusi altri drammi che ...
