Young love, bawdiness, and exuberance are played out in these comedies that continue to make us laugh and cheer. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly remastered stories are now available to download for the first time.Īll 17 of Shakespeare’s timeless comedies, performed by the celebrated Marlowe Dramatic Society and Professional Players.

Can anyone share some information on Shakespeare that might be helpful to me? I have read a lot about Shakespeare's plays but I don't have a lot of information on Shakespeare himself.William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic prose and verse read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Great article! I am doing an essay in my literature class on Shakespeare. Shakespeare never published any of his plays. Shakespeare’s father, John, was a money lender. William Shakespeare’s wife, Anne Hathaway, was 8 years older than Shakespeare and she was 3 months pregnant with they got married. Shakespeare was also an actor and actually performed in some of his own plays. On average, he wrote 1.5 plays per year, starting in 1589. Over the years, Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets and 37 plays. His actual date of birth has been disputed and no one really knows for sure. November 17, William Shakespeare was born in April of 1564 and died on Apat the age of 52. I have heard many people say that a lot of Shakespeare's plays contained a suicide. Also, he was the first writer to ever use the compound noun “watchdog”, in The Tempest.

The word “dogs” or “dog” is used over 200 times in his works. Here’s another interesting fact about Shakespeare’s plays: It also occurred in Othello when Othello stabs himself, in Hamlet where Ophelia supposedly “drowned” in suspicious circumstances and in Antony and Cleopatra where suicide occurs 5 times. It occurred in Romeo and Juliet, where they both committed suicide, in Macbeth when Lady Macbeth dies, in Julius Caesar where both Brutus and Cassius die by consensual stabbing, as well as Brutus’ wife Portia.

November 17, Suicide has occurred 13 times in William Shakespeare’s plays.

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