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"To be or not to be: that is the question."
—From Hamlet, William Shakespeare |
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| England, 1500-1600 AD | ||||||||||
| William Shakespeare is perhaps the best known playwright throughout the world. Many of his plays, including Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and A Midsummer Night's Dream, continue to be performed today. Shakespeare began as a playwright and actor in 1592, writing plays and performing for a theatre company called "The King's Men." Soon thereafter, it became the biggest and most famous acting company in London. | ||||||||||
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Bust of William Shakespeare No one knows what William Shakespeare really looked like. But, many artists have tried to create a likeness of him. |
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Model of Globe Theatre circa 1613-1643 London, England Many of Shakespeare's plays were performed for the first time in the original Globe Theatre in London in the early 1600s. |
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