Britannica Publishing Association with Services Educational ROSEN in Educational DANIEL E HARMON BEGINNER BIOS BRITANNICA WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE PLAYWRIGHT AND POET
WHO WAS WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Hundreds of authors have written written famous plays Many of their works have been performed over and over all around the world The most famous of all those playwrights is William Shakespeare Shakespeare is nicknamed the Bard of Avon He was born near the river Avon in England and became that The first printed book of Shakespeare’s collected works appeared in 1623 That was seven years after the playwright’s death 4 CHAPTER ONE
WHO WAS WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Vocabulary PLAYWRIGHTS are authors who write plays country’s most famous poet or bard Although he began by writing poems he soon turned his creative energy to writing plays In all he wrote some 38 plays and more than 150 poems Some of his plays are comedies some are tragedies and some are histories Shakespeare’s plays and In a scene from Romeo and Juliet Romeo visits his sweetheart Juliet on her balcony The play is one of the most famous of Shakespeare’s tragedies poems remain popular worldwide One reason is his cleverness cleverness with words People often quote lines from his writings writings These sayings can apply to different people in different 5
