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William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
Shakespeare, William. The English poet and dramatist; born at Stratford-on-Avon, April 23?, 1564; died there, April 23, 1616. His works are here set down in accordance with the most widely accepted views of modern scholars: ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’ (1591); ‘Comedy of Errors’ (1591); ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’ (1591–92); ‘Henry VI.,’ 3 parts (1590–92); ‘Richard III.’ (1593); ‘King John’ (1593); ‘Titus Andronicus’ (1593–94); ‘Venus and Adonis’ (1593); ‘The Rape of Lucrece’ (1594); ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ (1594–95); ‘Richard II.’ (1595); ‘Romeo and Juliet’ (1594–95); ‘Merchant of Venice’ (1595–96); ‘Taming of the Shrew’ (1596–9?); ‘1 Henry IV.’ (1597); ‘Merry Wives of Windsor’ (1598); ‘2 Henry IV.’ (1598); ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ (1599); ‘Henry V.’ (1599); ‘Julius Cæsar’ (1599); ‘As You Like It’ (1599–1600); ‘Twelfth Night’ (1601); ‘All’s Well That Ends Well’ (1602); ‘Troilus and Cressida’ (1601–02); ‘Measure for Measure’ (1603); ‘Hamlet’ (1602, 1603); ‘Othello’ (1604); ‘King Lear’ (1605–06); ‘Macbeth’ (1606); ‘Timon of Athens’ (1607); ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ (1607–08); ‘Pericles’ (1607–08); ‘Coriolanus’ (1609); ‘Sonnets’ (1609); ‘Cymbeline’ (1610); ‘Winter’s Tale’ (1611); ‘Tempest’ (1611); ‘Two Noble Kinsmen’ (1612–13); ‘Henry VIII.’ (1612). (See William Shakespeare the Poet and William Shakespeare the Man and the Actor).