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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare, surely the world's most performed and admired playwright, son of a merchant, was born in April, 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, about 100 miles northwest of London. He married at the age of 18 and had three children. Outstanding all other dramatists, he is no doubt a supreme genius whom it is impossible to characterize briefly. Although people have been studying the man and his works for a long time, the man¡¦s life story remains elusive. Where did all his afflatus come from? Some people think there must have been a secrete lover. However, nothing has been found to prove it¡¦s true. Some others even doubt the existence of such a man.
Acknowledged as master in the History of British Literature, Shakespeare and his works are still popular in the modern world. Such as Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice, A Midsum...

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