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威廉·莎士比亚 人物简介 莎士比亚（W. William Shakespeare；1564～1616）英国文艺复兴时期伟大的剧作家、诗人，欧洲文艺复兴时期人文主义文学的集大成者。 中文名： 威廉·莎士比亚 外文名： W. William Shakespeare 国籍： 英国 出生地： 英格兰沃里克郡斯特拉福镇 出生日期： 1564年4月23日 逝世日期： 1616年5月3日 职业： 剧作家，诗人，演员 代表作品： 四大悲剧《哈姆雷特》《奥赛罗》《李尔王》《麦克白》 William Shakespeare(1564-1616) is one of the most remarkable playwrights and poets the world has ever known. With his 38 plays,154 sonnets and 2 long poems, he has established his giant position in world literature. He has also been given the highest praises by various scholars and critics the world over. In the past four hundred years or so, books and essays on Shakespeare and his works have kept coming out in large quantities. 　　Shakekspeare went to London which afforded a wonderful enviroment for the development of drama. Shakespeare worked both as actor and playwright. He acted and wrote for the Lord Chamberlains Men, which was later renamed the Kings Men. Shakespeare established himself so well as a playwright that Robert Greene, one of the “University Wits”, resentfully declared him to be an upstart crow. 　　From about 1591 to about 1611, Shakespeare was in the prime of his dramatic career and his plays came out one after another. Shakespeare did not confine his genius merely to the theater. In 1593 and 1594, he published two narative poems, Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece, both of which were dedicated to the Earl of Southampton. He also wrote sonnets, which were published in 1609. By 1597, Shakespeare was so prosperous that he bought the largest house in Stratford, known as New Place. About 1610 Shakespeare left London and retired to Stratford, though he continued to write for some time. He died on April 23,1616. 　　As the precise dates of many of Shakespeares plays are still in doubt, critics hold different views to the division of his dramatic career. But generally his dramatic career is divided into four periods. 　　The first period of shakespeares dramatic career was one of apprenticeship. He wrote five history