Encyclopedia - William Shakespeare: Encyclopedia Ii - William Shakespeare - Life
William Shakespeare - Early life. William Shakespeare (also spelled Shakspere, Shaksper, and Shake-speare, due to the fact that Elizabe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Shakespeare: Encyclopedia Ii - William Shakespeare - Life
William Shakespeare - Early life. Willaim Shakespeare (also spelled Shakspere, Shaksper, and Shake-speare, due to the fact that Elizabe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Shakespeare: Encyclopedia Ii - William Shakespeare - Bibliography
William Shakespeare - Comedies. Main articles: Shakespearean comedies, and [[]], and [[]], and [[]], and [[]] ... See also:William Sha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Shakespeare: Encyclopedia - William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (baptised April 26, 1564 – April 23, 1616) was an English poet and playwright. Shakespeare is considered by many to...   » Read the article

Article - Life And Death: The World Is A Stage
"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances...” wrote Wil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anne Hathaway Shakespeare's Wife: Encyclopedia - Anne Hathaway Shakespeare's Wife
Anne Hathaway (1556 – August 6, 1623) was the wife of William Shakespeare. Little is known about her. Anne Hathaway Shakespeare's wife ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coriolanus Play: Encyclopedia - Coriolanus Play
Coriolanus is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, based on the life of the legendary Roman leader. This is one of Shakespeare's later plays...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Agincourt: Encyclopedia - Battle Of Agincourt
The Battle of Agincourt was fought on 25 October 1415, (Saint Crispin's Day), in northern France as part of the Hundred Years' War. The c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antony And Cleopatra: Encyclopedia - Antony And Cleopatra
Antony and Cleopatra is a historical tragedy by William Shakespeare, first performed in 1607 or 1608 and printed in the First Folio, 1623...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ben Jonson: Encyclopedia - Ben Jonson
Benjamin Jonson (June 11, 1572 – August 6, 1637) was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. He is best known for his plays V...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shakespeare's Life: Encyclopedia Ii - Shakespeare's Life - Early Life
William Shakespeare (also spelled Shakspere, Shaksper, and Shake-speare, due to the fact that Elizabethan spelling was very erratic[1]) w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sexuality Of William Shakespeare: Encyclopedia Ii - Sexuality Of William Shakespeare - Biographical Evidence
There is little in the historical record about Shakespeare's sexuality. However, it has often been noted that despite their three childre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shakespeare's Life: Encyclopedia Ii - Shakespeare's Life - London And Theatrical Career
By 1592 Shakespeare was a playwright in London and had enough of a reputation for Robert Greene to denounce him as "an upstart Crow, beau...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shakespeare's Life: Encyclopedia Ii - Shakespeare's Life - Later Years
Shakespeare retired in about 1611. His retirement was not entirely without controversy. He was drawn into a legal quarrel regarding the e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sexuality Of William Shakespeare: Encyclopedia Ii - Sexuality Of William Shakespeare - Sexuality In The Plays
Some readers have found similar evidence in Shakespeare's plays. The most often-cited evidence is several comedies, including Twelfth Nig...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sexuality Of William Shakespeare: Encyclopedia Ii - Sexuality Of William Shakespeare - Sexuality In The Sonnets
Shakespeare's Sonnets are the principal evidence for his possible bisexuality. The poems were initially published, perhaps without his ap...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shakespeare's Plays: 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...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shakespeare's Plays: Encyclopedia Ii - Shakespeare's Plays - Stylistic Groupings Of The Plays
While there is some dispute about the exact Chronology of Shakespeare plays, the plays tend to fall into three main stylistic groupings. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shakespeare's Plays: Encyclopedia Ii - Shakespeare's Plays - Canonical Plays
Shakespeare's plays - Comedies. Main articles: Shakespearean comedies, and [[{{{2}}}]], and [[{{{3}}}]], and [[{{{4}}}]]   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shakespeare's Plays: Encyclopedia Ii - Shakespeare's Plays - Shakespeare And The Textual Problem
Unlike his contemporary Ben Jonson, Shakespeare did not have direct involvement in publishing his plays and produced no overall authorita...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shakespeare On Screen: Encyclopedia Ii - Shakespeare On Screen - Tragedies
Shakespeare on screen - Antony and Cleopatra. BBC Television Shakespeare Antony and Cleopatra (TV, UK, 1981) Released in the USA as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shakespeare On Screen: Encyclopedia Ii - Shakespeare On Screen - Comedies
Shakespeare on screen - All's Well That Ends Well. BBC Television Shakespeare All's Well That Ends Well (TV, UK, 1980) Released in t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shakespeare On Screen: Encyclopedia Ii - Shakespeare On Screen - Histories
Shakespeare on screen - Henry IV Part 1. BBC Television Shakespeare Henry IV Part I (TV, UK, 1979) Released in the USA as part of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Shakespeare Hays: Encyclopedia Ii - William Shakespeare Hays - Biography
Hays was born in Louisville, Kentucky, a town where he would spend most of his life. He published his first poetry in 1856 and 1857 throu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shakespeare's Sonnets: Encyclopedia Ii - Shakespeare's Sonnets - Subject
Most of the sonnets deal with a beautiful "Young Man" (the Fair Lord), a rival poet, and a Dark Lady whose identities have been the subje...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shakespearean Authorship: Encyclopedia Ii - Shakespearean Authorship - Terminology
Shakespearean authorship - Stratfordians and anti-Stratfordians. Those who question whether William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William F. Friedman: Encyclopedia Ii - William F. Friedman - Initial Work In Cryptology
Another of Fabyan's pet projects was research into secret messages which Sir Francis Bacon had allegedly hidden in various texts during t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ben Jonson: Encyclopedia Ii - Ben Jonson - Reputation
Jonson has been criticised for being inferior in poetic power to William Shakespeare, and lacking Shakespeare's gift for creating realist...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mark Rylance: Encyclopedia Ii - Mark Rylance - Filmography
Mark Rylance - As himself. Changing Stages (2001) (mini) TV Series .... Himself William Shakespeare (2000) .... Artistic Director, Sha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Agincourt: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Agincourt - The Campaign
Henry V had invaded France for several reasons. He hoped that by fighting a popular foreign war he would strengthen his position at home....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Agincourt: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Agincourt - The Battle
The battle was fought in the defile formed by the wood of Agincourt and that of Tramecourt, at the northern exit of which the army under ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Agincourt: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Agincourt - Modern Re-assessment Of Agincourt
Battle of Agincourt - Were archers as effective as traditionally thought?. Recent experiments at Agincourt and elsewhere suggest that t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Agincourt: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Agincourt - Popular Myths
It is said that the British famous "two-finger salute" derives from the gestures of Welsh archers, fighting alongside the English at Agin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samuel Johnson: Encyclopedia Ii - Samuel Johnson - Major Works
Samuel Johnson - Biography Criticism Lexicography Prose. Life of Richard Savage (1745) A Dictionary of the English Language (1755) The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samuel Johnson: Encyclopedia Ii - Samuel Johnson - Major Works
Samuel Johnson - Biography criticism lexicography prose. Life of Richard Savage (1745) A Dictionary of the English Language (1755) The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Henry Viii Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - Henry Viii Of England - Legacy
In modern times, Henry VIII has become one of the most popular historical kings of the English monarchy. This is mainly based on the comm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - René I Of Naples: Encyclopedia Ii - René I Of Naples - Miscellaneous
He appears as "Reignier" in the history play of William Shakespeare, Henry VI, part 1. Agnès Sorel, the future mistress of Charles VII w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mantua: Encyclopedia Ii - Mantua - Trivia
An annual survey of Legambiente (a ecologist movement of Italy) declared in 2005 Mantua as the most liveable city of the country. The stu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Francis Bacon: Encyclopedia Ii - Francis Bacon - Posthumous Reputation
Bacon's ideas about the improvement of the human lot were influential in the 1740s and 1750s among a number of Parliamentarian scholars. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Francis Bacon Philosopher: Encyclopedia Ii - Francis Bacon Philosopher - Posthumous Reputation
Bacon's ideas about the improvement of the human lot were influential in the 1740s and 1750s among a number of Parliamentarian scholars. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caliban Comics: Encyclopedia Ii - Caliban Comics - History
Caliban was born an albino mutant with a pale purple complexion. At some point in his life, Caliban was banished from his home by his own...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Henry Viii Of England: Encyclopedia Ii - Henry Viii Of England - Legacy
In modern times, Henry VIII has become one of the most popular historical kings of the English monarchy. This is mainly based on the comm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paul Celan: Encyclopedia Ii - Paul Celan - Celan's Life During World War Ii
On arrival in July 1941 the German SS Einsatzkommando and their Romanian allies burned down the city's six-hundred-year-old Great Synagog...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ben Jonson: Encyclopedia Ii - Ben Jonson - Biography
Ben Jonson - Early life. Although he was born in Westminster, Jonson claimed his family was of Border descent, and this may be confirme...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Francis Bacon: Encyclopedia Ii - Francis Bacon - Early Life
Francis Bacon was born at York House Strand, London. He was the youngest of five sons of Sir Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper of the Great Sea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Francis Bacon Philosopher: Encyclopedia Ii - Francis Bacon Philosopher - Early Life
Francis Bacon was born at York House Strand, London. He was the youngest of five sons of Sir Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper of the Great Sea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pansy: Encyclopedia Ii - Pansy - Pansies In The Arts And Culture
In 1827, Pierre-Joseph Redouté painted "Bouquet of Pansies". In 1926, Georgia O'Keeffe created a famous painting of a black pansy called...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Sound And The Fury: Encyclopedia Ii - The Sound And The Fury - The Title
The title of the novel is taken from Macbeth's soliloquy in act 5, scene 5 of William Shakespeare's Macbeth: To-morrow, and to-morrow, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vivien Leigh: Encyclopedia Ii - Vivien Leigh - Continuing Illness
In 1951 the couple performed two plays about Cleopatra, William Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra and George Bernard Shaw's Caesar and C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Shakespeare: Encyclopedia Ii - William Shakespeare - Speculations About Shakespeare
William Shakespeare - Identity. Main articles: Shakespearean authorship, and [[{{{2}}}]], and [[{{{3}}}]], and [[{{{4}}}]]   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Shakespeare: Encyclopedia Ii - William Shakespeare - Speculations About Shakespeare
William Shakespeare - Identity. Main articles: Shakespearean authorship, and [[]], and [[]], and    » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Shakespeare: Encyclopedia Ii - William Shakespeare - Works
William Shakespeare - Plays. Main article: Shakespeare's plays A number of Shakespeare's plays have the reputation of being among the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Shakespeare: Encyclopedia Ii - William Shakespeare - Style
Shakespeare's impact on modern theatre cannot be overestimated. Not only did Shakespeare create some of the most admired plays in Western...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Shakespeare: Encyclopedia Ii - William Shakespeare - Reputation
Shakespeare's reputation has grown considerably since his own time. During his lifetime and shortly after his death, Shakespeare was well...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Shakespeare: Encyclopedia Ii - William Shakespeare - Works
William Shakespeare - Plays. Main articles: Shakespeare's plays, and [[{{{2}}}]], and [[{{{3}}}]], and [[{{{4}}}]]   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Shakespeare: Encyclopedia Ii - William Shakespeare - Bibliography
William Shakespeare - Comedies. Main articles: Shakespearean comedies, and [[{{{2}}}]], and [[{{{3}}}]], and [[{{{4}}}]]   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Shakespeare: Encyclopedia Ii - William Shakespeare - Works
William Shakespeare - Plays. Main articles: Shakespeare's plays, and [[]], and [[]], and [[]]   » Read the article