the complete works of william shakespeare volume 1 & 2

Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon. His plays have been translated into every major living language, and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. His surviving works consist of 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. He is often called England's national poet and the 'Bard of Avon' (or simply 'The Bard'). William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. Find more at This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Malone even places his first play, The First Part of Henry VI., in 1589.įorgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. There is also some reason to think that he commenced a dramatic writer in 1592, and Mr. And III., were printed in 1597, when he was thirty-three years old. In tracing the chronology of his plays, it has been discovered, that Romeo and Juliet, and Richard ll. Some distinction he probably first acquired as an actor, but no character has been discovered in which he appeared to more advantage than in that of the Ghost in and the best critics and inquirers into his life are of opinion, that he was not eminent as an actor. Excerpt from William Shakspeare's Complete Works, Dramatic and Poetic, Vol.

The complete works of william shakespeare volume 1 & 2