About+the+Author

=Shakespeare = 1564-1616 = =   He was an actor and a dramatist who wrote plays and poems. His plays were comedies, histories, and tragedies. His 17 comedies include //A Midsummer Night’s Dream// and //The Merry Wives of Windsor//. Among his 10 history plays are //Henry V// and //Richard III//. The most famous among his 10 tragedies are //Hamlet//, //Othello//, and //King Lear//. Shakespeare’s best-known poems are //The Sonnets//, first published in 1609.