William Shakespeare's birthdate is assumed from his baptism on April 25. His father John was the son of a farmer who became a successful tradesman; his mother Mary Arden was gentry. He studied Latin works at Stratford Grammar School, leaving at about age 15. About this time his father suffered an unknown financial setback...See full bio »
1935A Midsummer Night's Dream
(lyrics: "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "Kinderstucke Pieces for Children no.1:Allegro non troppo", "Lullaby", "Philomel", "Hand In Hand With Fairy Grace", "Over Hill, Over Dale, Through Bush, Through Brier")
(1598) Playwright: "The Second Part of Henrie the Fourth, Continuing to His Death, and Coronation of Henrie the Fift, With the Humours of Sir Iohn Falstaffe and Swaggering Pistoll" (registered 23 August 1600)
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William Shakespare | W. Shakespeare | William 'Budd' Shakespeare | Will Shakespeare | Shakespeare
From Voltaire's 1764 "Dictionnaire philosophique" ("Philosophical Dictionary") on William Shakespeare: "What can one conclude from this contrast of grandeur and sordidness, of sublime reason and uncouth folly, in short from all the contrasts that we see in Shakespeare? That he would have been a perfect poet had he lived in the time of Addison...
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There are no living decendants from him. His family line ended in 1670 with the death of his granddaughter Elizabeth Hall Nash Barnard, who bore no children.
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