William Shakespeare

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1593 - 1613 he wrote 37 plays, acted, helped manage an acting troup and was part owner of the "Old Globe Theatre"
-1593-1594 the theatres were closed because of the plague and Shakespeare wrote his narrative poetry
-little is known about Shakespeare because he did not write about himself, nor did he publish his own plays, he made his money by writing plays that were performed for an audience
-his first play was The Comedy of Errors which was a flop according to the audiences
-Shakespeare wrote comedies, histories, tragedies, and romances
-he would often use a plot he already knew or read about, converted it, added to it, and made it his own
-he was able to create characters that are so realistic that their names are now symbols for types of people and/ or ideas (i.e. a lover is a ...

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