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'''William Shakespeare''' ([[baptism|baptised]] [[26 April]] [[1564]] – [[23 April]] [[1616]]) was an [[English people|English]] [[poet]] and [[playwright]], now widely regarded as the greatest writer in the [[English language]] and the world's preeminent dramatist.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/286082.stm Shakespeare voted millennium's best writer], BBC News, March 1, 1999, accessed Oct. 11, 2007.</ref><ref>[[Stephen Greenblatt|Greenblatt, Stephen]] (2005). ''Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare''. London: Pimlico, 11. ISBN 0712600981.<br />• [[David Bevington| Bevington, David]] (2002) ''Shakespeare'', 1–3. Oxford: Blackwell. ISBN 0631227199.<br />• [[Stanley Wells|Wells, Stanley]] (1997). ''Shakespeare: A Life in Drama.'' New York: W. W. Norton, 399. ISBN 0393315622.</ref> He is often called England's [[national poet]] and the "[[Bard]] of [[Avon (county)|Avon]]" (or simply "The Bard"). His surviving works consist of 38 [[Shakespeare's plays|plays]],{{Ref_label|b|b|none}} 154 [[Shakespeare's Sonnets|sonnets]], two long [[narrative poem]]s, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.<ref>{{cite book |last=Craig |first=Leon Harold |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Of Philosophers and Kings: Political Philosophy in Shakespeare's "Macbeth" and "King Lear" |year=2003 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |location=Toronto |pages=3 |isbn=0802086055 }}</ref>

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'''William Shakespeare''' ([[baptism|baptised]] [[26 April]] [[1564]] – [[23 April]] [[1616]]) was an [[English people|English]] [[poet]] and [[playwright]], now widely regarded as the greatest writer in the [[English language]] and the world's preeminent dramatist.[best][greenblatt][nevington][wells] He is often called England's [[national poet]] and the "[[Bard]] of [[Avon (county)|Avon]]" (or simply "The Bard"). His surviving works consist of 38 [[Shakespeare's plays|plays]], 154 [[Shakespeare's Sonnets|sonnets]], two long [[narrative poem]]s, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.[craig]

[best] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/286082.stm Shakespeare voted millennium's best writer], BBC News, March 1, 1999, accessed Oct. 11, 2007.

[greenblatt] [[Stephen Greenblatt|Greenblatt, Stephen]] (2005). ''Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare''. London: Pimlico, 11. ISBN 0712600981.

[nevington] [[David Bevington| Bevington, David]] (2002) ''Shakespeare'', 1–3. Oxford: Blackwell. ISBN 0631227199.

[wells] [[Stanley Wells|Wells, Stanley]] (1997). ''Shakespeare: A Life in Drama.'' New York: W. W. Norton, 399. ISBN 0393315622.

[craig] {{cite book |last=Craig |first=Leon Harold |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Of Philosophers and Kings: Political Philosophy in Shakespeare's "Macbeth" and "King Lear" |year=2003 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |location=Toronto |pages=3 |isbn=0802086055 }}