Shakespeare Plays

The ShakespearePlays.co.uk Website provides an outline of the life and works of William Shakespeare. Content includes a plot summary of each of the Comedies, Histories and Tragedies that he wrote.

A selection of Shakespeare sonnets can be read online and sent out to others.

You can read about Shakespeare's influence on art, printing and publishing, acting and theatre or play a quiz. Alternatively read some famous quotes from his work, a list of some of the films made based upon his plays or find out about some of the controversy surrounding their authorship. The Site Map provides an overview of the structure of the Shakespeare Plays site.

Biography:

William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, in the year 1564 and died in the year 1616. It is presumed that he attended a local Grammar school, but he did not proceed to University. Shakespeare wrote 38 plays and many works of poetry. He was part of an acting company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men. In 1599, on the south bank of the River Thames, they built the Globe Theatre, where many of Shakespeare's plays were performed. The works of Shakespeare have had a major influence on other writers and on the development of the English language. Hundreds of words and phrases from Shakespeare plays have entered common usage. William Shakespeare biography continued