• Thumbnail for Influence of William Shakespeare
    William Shakespeare's influence extends from theater and literatures to present-day movies, Western philosophy, and the English language itself. William...
    25 KB (2,902 words) - 08:57, 2 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Shakespeare's plays
    Shakespeare's plays are a canon of approximately 39 dramatic works written by the English poet, playwright, and actor William Shakespeare. The exact number...
    41 KB (4,988 words) - 07:24, 28 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for William Shakespeare
    William Shakespeare (c. 23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the...
    120 KB (12,080 words) - 02:20, 3 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hamnet Shakespeare
    Shakespeare (baptised 2 February 1585 – buried 11 August 1596) was the only son of William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway, and the fraternal twin of Judith...
    19 KB (2,139 words) - 04:04, 3 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Outline of William Shakespeare
    following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the life and legacy of William Shakespeare, an English poet, playwright, and actor who...
    14 KB (1,079 words) - 11:49, 27 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Sexuality of William Shakespeare
    William Shakespeare's sexuality has been the subject of frequent debates. It is known from public records that he married Anne Hathaway and had three...
    22 KB (2,849 words) - 17:59, 18 October 2024
  • The Guinness Book of Records lists 410 feature-length film and TV versions of William Shakespeare's plays, making Shakespeare the most filmed author ever...
    288 KB (4,428 words) - 16:45, 3 November 2024
  • and languages of Middle-earth from many sources. Shakespeare's influence on Tolkien was substantial, despite Tolkien's professed dislike of the playwright...
    26 KB (2,441 words) - 15:30, 1 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Life of William Shakespeare
    William Shakespeare was an actor, playwright, poet, and theatre entrepreneur in London during the late Elizabethan and early Jacobean eras. He was baptised...
    47 KB (6,037 words) - 16:22, 21 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Religious views of William Shakespeare
    views of William Shakespeare are the subject of an ongoing scholarly debate dating back more than 150 years. The general assumption about William Shakespeare's...
    52 KB (6,555 words) - 16:15, 21 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Chronology of Shakespeare's plays
    article presents a possible chronological listing of the composition of the plays of William Shakespeare. Shakespearean scholars, beginning with Edmond Malone...
    309 KB (36,856 words) - 23:59, 15 September 2024
  • Kainikkara Padmanabha Pillai (category Recipients of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award)
    showing influence of William Shakespeare. Kerala Sahitya Akademi awarded him their annual award for drama in 1970. He was also a recipient of the Kalyani...
    17 KB (1,252 words) - 18:49, 27 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Holinshed's Chronicles
    Chronicles: An Account of its Inception, Purpose, Contributors, Publication, Revision and Influence on William Shakespeare. Book Club of California. Boswell-Stone...
    15 KB (1,697 words) - 04:43, 18 August 2024
  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (category Series of children's books)
    topic of his stories, researching extensively and spending more than a year on writing each book. Acknowledged influences include William Shakespeare, T...
    19 KB (1,339 words) - 19:32, 1 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
    The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) (also known as The Compleat Wrks of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged)) is a play written by Adam Long, Daniel...
    7 KB (779 words) - 17:59, 4 October 2024
  • William Shakespeare's Star Wars is a series of plays by Ian Doescher that parody the style of William Shakespeare, with nine instalments adapting the...
    3 KB (354 words) - 12:08, 8 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Shakespeare authorship question
    The Shakespeare authorship question is the argument that someone other than William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon wrote the works attributed to him...
    160 KB (18,572 words) - 17:03, 31 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Play (theatre)
    largely due to the influence of William Shakespeare. Examples of historical plays include Friedrich Schiller's Demetrius and Shakespeare's King John. Ballad...
    14 KB (1,629 words) - 08:04, 18 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Shakespearean comedy
    In the First Folio, the plays of William Shakespeare were grouped into three categories: comedies, histories, and tragedies; and modern scholars recognise...
    3 KB (292 words) - 18:55, 22 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Reputation of William Shakespeare
    In his own time, William Shakespeare (1564–1616) was rated as merely one among many talented playwrights and poets, but since the late 17th century has...
    64 KB (8,729 words) - 22:03, 18 October 2024
  • Black (2015 Belgian film) (category Films based on multiple works of a series)
    rivalry between their gang allegiances. The plot line is influenced by William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and Arthur Laurent's West Side Story but...
    5 KB (374 words) - 20:08, 1 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Shakespeare's late romances
    grouping of William Shakespeare's last plays, comprising Pericles, Prince of Tyre; Cymbeline; The Winter's Tale; and The Tempest. The Two Noble Kinsmen, of which...
    17 KB (2,127 words) - 18:29, 21 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for The Plays of William Shakespeare
    The Plays of William Shakespeare was an 18th-century edition of the dramatic works of William Shakespeare, edited by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens...
    25 KB (3,321 words) - 16:02, 1 February 2024
  • early stages of the English language, including Old English and Middle English. A Muse of Fire: Discusses the influence of William Shakespeare and the King...
    4 KB (436 words) - 14:24, 18 July 2024
  • The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (category 1990s coming-of-age films)
    Disney's 1994 animated film, The Lion King, with its plot influenced by William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, and the second installment in The Lion...
    40 KB (3,905 words) - 11:02, 2 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for The Tempest
    The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, probably written in 1610–1611, and thought to be one of the last plays that he wrote alone. After the first...
    116 KB (14,152 words) - 15:42, 2 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship
    Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship contends that Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, wrote the plays and poems of William Shakespeare. While historians...
    123 KB (15,169 words) - 16:18, 21 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Venus and Adonis (Shakespeare poem)
    by William Shakespeare published in 1593. It is probably Shakespeare's first publication. The poem tells the story of Venus, the goddess of Love; of her...
    11 KB (1,508 words) - 15:59, 2 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hamlet
    The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, often shortened to Hamlet (/ˈhæmlɪt/), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and...
    148 KB (17,756 words) - 20:17, 20 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Arthur Golding
    Arthur Golding (category Alumni of Jesus College, Cambridge)
    William Shakespeare's works, in his own time he was most famous for his translation of Caesar's Commentaries, and his translations of the sermons of John...
    15 KB (2,093 words) - 01:28, 25 September 2024