APRIL 23, 1564: William Shakespeare is Born Historians believe that Shakespeare was born on this day in 1564. He also died on this same day in 1616, at the age of 52. William Shakespeare is most famous for Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, King Lear, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, but he had countless other tragedies, comedies, and poems. You think you have what it takes to succeed as an Elizabethan playwright? Play the choose-your-own adventurePlaywright Game!
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APRIL 23, 1564: William Shakespeare is Born

Historians believe that Shakespeare was born on this day in 1564. He also died on this same day in 1616, at the age of 52.

William Shakespeare is most famous for Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, King Lear, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, but he had countless other tragedies, comedies, and poems.

You think you have what it takes to succeed as an Elizabethan playwright? Play the choose-your-own adventurePlaywright Game!

Source: to.pbs.org

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