William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare's As You Like It is a pastoral comedy written for a popular audience, in 1599 or early 1600. As You Like It was listed in the Stationers' Register, the period equivalent of copyright, in August 1600. No printed copy of it is known prior to the publication of the First Folio of Shakespeare's collected works in 1623. Though the setting for the play is a duchy in France, Shakespeare's "Forest of Arden" is a pastoral, not a realistic setting. As You Like It - Synopsis. In Shake ...

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As You Like It - Pastoral form

As You Like It - Performances

William Shakespeare - Comedies: Encyclopedia - All's Well That Ends Well

All's Well That Ends Well is a comedy by William Shakespeare, and is often considered one of his problem plays, so-called because they cannot be easily classified as tragedy or comedy. It was probably written in later middle part of Shakespeare's career, between 1601 and 1608. It is one of Shakespeare's least performed plays and is one of his most unpopular. All's Well That Ends Well - Synopsis. The five acts follow the action of Helena, a lowborn beauty, who pines for the son of her guardian, Count ...

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William Shakespeare - Comedies: Encyclopedia - The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice is one of William Shakespeare's best-known plays, written at an uncertain date between 1594 and 1597. It is a comedy ("comedy" had a very different meaning at the time; see Shakespearean comedies) and is best known for its portrayal of the Jew Shylock, which has raised questions of anti-semitism. Shylock is a tormented character but is also a tormenter, so whether he ...

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The Merchant of Venice - Film adaptations

The Merchant of Venice - Pastimes

William Shakespeare - Comedies: Encyclopedia - 1611

1611 - Events. June 23 - Henry Hudson's crew maroons him, his son and 7 others in a boat November 1 - At Whitehall Palace in London, William Shakespeare's romantic comedy The Tempest is presented for the first time. Gustavus Adolphus becomes king of Sweden Denmark attacks Sweden King James Version of the Bible first published in England George Abbot becomes archbishop of Canterbury Johannes and David Fabricius discover sunspots

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William Shakespeare - Comedies: Encyclopedia II - Shakespeare's plays - The plays

Shakespeare's plays have the reputation of being among greatest in the English language and in Western literature and cover the genres of tragedy, history, and comedy. Some of Shakespeare's plays first appeared in print as a series of quartos, but most remained unpublished until 1623 when the posthumous First Folio was published. The traditional division of his plays into tragedies, comedies, and histories follows the logic of the First Folio. However, modern criticism has labelled some of these plays "problem plays" as they elude easy categorization, or perhaps purposefully break generic conventions, and has intro ...