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William Shakespeare
1564–1616
The defining voice of English drama, he transformed the stage with unforgettable characters, bold language, and stories that still feel strikingly modern. His work spans comedy, tragedy, history, poetry, and some of the most quoted writing in the English language.
323 Audiobooks
Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare
by E. (Edith) Nesbit, William Shakespeare
Mesure pour mesure
by William Shakespeare
Cymbeline
by William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
by William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare
Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
The Tempest
by William Shakespeare
Le songe d'une nuit d'été
by William Shakespeare
Hamlet
by William Shakespeare
King Henry V
by William Shakespeare
Romeo und Julia
by William Shakespeare
Hamlet, Prinz von Dännemark
by William Shakespeare
Hamlet
by William Shakespeare
Titus Andronicus
by William Shakespeare
La Comédie des Méprises
by William Shakespeare
The Merchant of Venice
by William Shakespeare
King Lear
by William Shakespeare
Hamlet The First ('Bad') Quarto
by William Shakespeare
Julius Caesar
by William Shakespeare
Romeo und Juliette
by William Shakespeare
Othello
by William Shakespeare
The Taming of the Shrew
by William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare
Measure for Measure
by William Shakespeare
King Henry VIII
by William Shakespeare
Ein Sommernachtstraum
by William Shakespeare
King Lear
by William Shakespeare
Twelfth Night
by William Shakespeare
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The Comedy of Errors The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.]
by William Shakespeare
King Lear
by William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
Der Sturm, oder Die bezauberte Insel
by William Shakespeare
As You Like It
by William Shakespeare
Titus Andronicus
by William Shakespeare
Hamlet: Drama em cinco Actos
by William Shakespeare
The Two Noble Kinsmen
by John Fletcher, William Shakespeare
Verta verrasta
by William Shakespeare
Shakespeare's Sonnets
by William Shakespeare
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
by William Shakespeare
Julius Caesar
by William Shakespeare
Hamlet
by William Shakespeare
Titus Andronicus
by William Shakespeare
Coriolanus
by William Shakespeare
The Tempest
by William Shakespeare
Roméo et Juliette Tragédie
by William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare
Hamlet: Drama en cinco actos
by William Shakespeare
Measure for Measure
by William Shakespeare
King Henry VI, Part 3
by William Shakespeare
Antony and Cleopatra
by William Shakespeare
Le roi Lear
by William Shakespeare
Leben und Tod Königs Richard des zweyten
by William Shakespeare
Othello
by William Shakespeare
Hamlet
by William Shakespeare
All's Well That Ends Well
by William Shakespeare
King Henry V
by William Shakespeare
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
by William Shakespeare
King Henry IV, Part 2
by William Shakespeare
Romeo en Julia
by William Shakespeare
Coriolanus
by William Shakespeare
Les alegres comares de Windsor
by William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
The Taming of the Shrew
by William Shakespeare
Le conte d'hiver
by William Shakespeare
Coriolanus
by William Shakespeare
Othello
by William Shakespeare
Twelfth Night
by William Shakespeare
King Henry VI, Part 2
by William Shakespeare
A Lover's Complaint
by William Shakespeare
Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
Maaß für Maaß Wie einer mißt, so wird ihm wieder gemessen
by William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
As You Like It
by William Shakespeare
King Henry IV, Part 2
by William Shakespeare
Measure for Measure
by William Shakespeare
King Henry IV, Part 1
by William Shakespeare
Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
Timon of Athens
by William Shakespeare
Antony and Cleopatra
by William Shakespeare
Othello
by William Shakespeare
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The Merry Wives of Windsor The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.]
by William Shakespeare
The Merchant of Venice
by William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
The Merchant of Venice
by William Shakespeare
Twelfth Night
by William Shakespeare
King Richard II
by William Shakespeare
Othello
by Gustave Dubarry, William Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing
by William Shakespeare
Peines d'amour perdues Comédie
by William Shakespeare
La ventego de Shakespeare
by William Shakespeare
King Lear
by William Shakespeare
The Sonnets
by William Shakespeare
The Tempest
by William Shakespeare
Antoine et Cléopâtre
by William Shakespeare
Le roi Jean
by William Shakespeare
Beaucoup de Bruit pour Rien
by William Shakespeare
Der Kaufmann von Venedig
by William Shakespeare
The Shakespeare Story-Book
by Mary Macleod, William Shakespeare
The Tempest
by William Shakespeare
About the author
William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright, and actor born in Stratford-upon-Avon in April 1564. His exact birth date is unknown, but tradition celebrates it on April 23, three days before his recorded baptism. He married Anne Hathaway in 1582, and they had three children: Susanna, and the twins Judith and Hamnet.
Shakespeare built his professional life in London, where he worked as an actor, playwright, and business partner in the acting company first known as the Lord Chamberlain’s Men and later as the King’s Men. His surviving work includes plays such as Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and King Lear, as well as 154 sonnets and two long narrative poems.
He became a prosperous property owner and returned to Stratford in the later years of his life. Shakespeare died on April 23, 1616, and was buried at Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon. His collected plays were published seven years later in the volume now known as the First Folio.