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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
Hamleto, Reĝido de Danujo
by William Shakespeare
La Tempête
by William Shakespeare
A Fairy Tale in Two Acts Taken from Shakespeare (1763)
by William Shakespeare, George Colman, David Garrick
Makbeto
by William Shakespeare
Kuningas Henrik Kuudes III
by William Shakespeare
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The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 5 of 9]
by William Shakespeare
Much Ado about Nothing
by William Shakespeare
King Richard II
by William Shakespeare
Love's Labour's Lost
by William Shakespeare
All's Well That Ends Well
by William Shakespeare
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Dramas de Guillermo Shakspeare [vol. 4]
by William Shakespeare
Die Irrungen, oder die Doppelten Zwillinge
by William Shakespeare
King John
by William Shakespeare
Koning Hendrik de Vijfde
by William Shakespeare
Othello
by William Shakespeare
Kuningas Henrik Neljäs I
by William Shakespeare
Miten haluatte
by William Shakespeare
Henri VI (3/3)
by William Shakespeare
King Henry V Arranged for Representation at the Princess's Theatre
by William Shakespeare
Julius Caesar
by William Shakespeare
The Comedy of Errors
by William Shakespeare
Henri IV (1re partie)
by William Shakespeare
Timon of Athens
by William Shakespeare
The Winter's Tale
by William Shakespeare
Loppiaisaatto eli Miten mielitte
by William Shakespeare
Coriolanus
by William Shakespeare
Le Pèlerin amoureux
by William Shakespeare
Kuningas Henrik Kuudes I
by William Shakespeare
Much Ado about Nothing
by William Shakespeare
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The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 7 of 9]
by William Shakespeare
The Winter's Tale
by William Shakespeare
The Taming of the Shrew
by William Shakespeare
King Henry VIII
by William Shakespeare
Henri IV (2e partie)
by William Shakespeare
As You Like It
by William Shakespeare
Coriolan
by William Shakespeare
El Marxant de Venecia
by William Shakespeare
Kaksi nuorta veronalaista
by William Shakespeare
Love's Labour's Lost
by William Shakespeare
Shakespeare's play of the Merchant of Venice Arranged for Representation at the Princess's Theatre, with Historical and Explanatory Notes by Charles Kean, F.S.A.
by William Shakespeare
The Rape of Lucrece
by William Shakespeare
Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
King Henry VI, Part 3
by William Shakespeare
The Merry Wives of Windsor
by William Shakespeare
The Winter's Tale
by William Shakespeare
König Heinrich der vierte. Der Zweyte Theil, der seinen Tod, und die Crönung von Heinrich dem fünften enthält.
by William Shakespeare
Αντώνιος και Κλεοπάτρα Τραγωδία εις πράξεις 5
by William Shakespeare
De Koopman van Venetië: Drama in vijf bedrijven
by William Shakespeare
Venetian kauppias
by William Shakespeare
Kiel plaĉas al vi: komedio en kvin aktoj
by William Shakespeare
Koning Hendrik de Vierde
by William Shakespeare
La festa dels reis Lo que vulgueu
by William Shakespeare
Troilus and Cressida
by William Shakespeare
King Henry IV, Part 1
by William Shakespeare
Troilus and Cressida
by William Shakespeare
All's Well That Ends Well
by William Shakespeare
Comme il vous plaira
by William Shakespeare
Les Deux Gentilshommes de Vérone
by William Shakespeare
Was ihr wollt
by William Shakespeare
Kuinka äkäpussi kesytetään
by William Shakespeare
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The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 3 of 9]
by William Shakespeare
The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar
by William Shakespeare
King Henry VI, Part 1
by William Shakespeare
The Taming of the Shrew
by William Shakespeare
Tout est bien qui finit bien
by William Shakespeare
Le Jour des Rois
by William Shakespeare
Myrsky
by William Shakespeare
Les joyeuses Bourgeoises de Windsor
by William Shakespeare
Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
Kuningas Richard Toinen
by William Shakespeare
Titus Andronicus
by William Shakespeare
Hairauksia
by William Shakespeare
Koning Richard de Tweede
by William Shakespeare
The Winter's Tale
by William Shakespeare
King Henry VI, Part 1
by William Shakespeare
Twee Edellieden van Verona
by William Shakespeare
The Comedy of Errors
by William Shakespeare
De Klucht der Vergissingen
by William Shakespeare
Kuningas Lear
by William Shakespeare
Iloiset Windsorin rouvat
by William Shakespeare
De getemde feeks
by William Shakespeare
All's Well That Ends Well
by William Shakespeare
King Henry IV, Part 1
by William Shakespeare
Μάκβεθ
by William Shakespeare
Julius Caesar
by William Shakespeare
Een Midzomernachtdroom
by William Shakespeare
Kuningas Henrik Kuudes II
by William Shakespeare
King Richard III
by William Shakespeare
King Henry VI, Part 1
by William Shakespeare
Cymbeline: Tragédie
by William Shakespeare
Αμλέτος
by William Shakespeare
Turhaa lemmen touhua
by William Shakespeare
Kuningas Henrik Viides
by William Shakespeare
Loppu hyvä, kaikki hyvä
by William Shakespeare
Henri VI (2/3)
by William Shakespeare
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The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 1 of 9] Introduction and Publisher's Advertising
by William Shakespeare
Οθέλλος Σαικσπείρου Τραγωδίαι Μέρος Β'
by William Shakespeare
De Koopman van Venetië
by William Shakespeare
Talvinen tarina
by William Shakespeare
As You Like It
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.