William Shakespeare
1564 - 1616
He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist.
Famous for...
- Richard III (1592–1593)
- Richard II (1595)
- Romeo and Juliet (1595)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595)
- The Merchant of Venice (1596–1597)
- Henry IV, Part 1 (1596–1597)
- Henry IV, Part 2 (1597–1598)
- Henry V (1599)
- Julius Caesar (1599)
- As You Like It (1599–1600)
- Hamlet (1599–1601)
- Twelfth Night (1601)
- Measure for Measure (1603–1604)
- Othello (1603–1604)
- King Lear (1605–1606)
- Macbeth (1606)
- Antony and Cleopatra (1606)
- Coriolanus (1608)
- The Winter's Tale (1609–1611)
- The Sonnets (1609)
- The Tempest (1610–1611)