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William Shakespeare Research Paper

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Introduction: William Shakespeare is the most performed and read playwright in the world and it all begun when Shakespeare was born in Stratford-on-Avon, on the 23rd of April, 1564. Throughout his childhood, Shakespeare's father struggled with serious financial debt. Therefore, he did not attend university. However, this did not prevent him from becoming one of the most influential writers in history. Between 1590 and 1592, Shakespeare's Henry VI series, Richard III, and The Comedy of Errors were performed. The theaters were closed in 1593 because of the plague, during that time the playwright wrote two narrative poems, Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece, and begun to write his richly textured sonnets. Shakespeare entered one of his …show more content…

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