William Shakespeare (26 April 1564–23 April 1616)

William Shakespeare (26 April 1564–23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He
is widely regarded as England’s national poet and the ‘Bard of Avon’ and the world’s pre-eminent
dramatist. No writer’s living reputation can compare to that of Shakespeare, whose plays, written in
the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries for a small repertory theatre, are now performed
and read more often and in more countries than ever before.