William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare – 23 April 1616) was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet, and the "Bard of Avon". His extant works, including collaborations, consist of approximately 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth23 April 1564
While he was drunk asleep, or in his rage, or in the incestuous pleasure of his bed.
For what good turn? Messenger: For the best turn of the bed.
What angel wakes me from my flowery bed?
What's done cannot be undone. To bed, to bed, to bed.
Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
Quote: What angel wakes me from my flowery bed?
But I will be, A bridegroom in my death, and run into't As to a lover's bed.
And will 'a not come again? And will 'a not come again? No, no, he is dead, Go to thy death bed: He will never come again.
To go to bed after midnight is to go to bed betimes
To climb steep hills requires slow pace at first.
What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet
When our actions do not, Our fears do make us traitors
When my love swears that she is made of truth, I do believe her, though know she lies
Done to death by slanderous tongue