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English playwright and poet whose body of works is considered the greatest in English literature. His plays, many of which were performed at the Globe Theatre in London, include historical works, such as Richard II, comedies, including Much Ado about Nothing and As You Like It, and tragedies, such as Hamlet, Othello, and King Lear. He also composed 154 sonnets. The earliest collected edition of his plays, the First Folio, contained 36 plays and was published posthumously (1623).

Birth and Early Family Life

Shakespeare was born and grew up in a smallish town called Stratford, northwest of London, in 1564. He had four surviving siblings, and his father (John) was a well-off (though probably illiterate) craftsman and merchant. We have very little information on Shakespeare’s mother (Mary Arden), though we do know she came from an ancient family and was heiress to some land. During the early years of Shakespeare’s life, his dad was