SHAKESPEARE

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WHO wrote Shakespeare?

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I am a bit confused about your question, Hope. When you ask "WHO wrote Shakespeare?" The first answer to come across my mind would be William Shakespeare. However something tells me it's more complex than that. For example if asked "how do you spell his name", various answers would emerge, just ask the man himself. So by asking "WHO wrote Shakespeare?" any one of these answers could be correct as Shakespeare did not always write his name the same way. The 6 surviving signatures are as follows

•Willm Shakp
•William Shaksper
•Wm Shakspe
•William Shakspere
•Willm Shakspere
•By me William Shakespeare

Most of these are written using breviographic conventions of the time and was common to see abbreviated names used as signatures.

Going on the same topic of spelling, in non-literary references in his lifetime, the spelling Shakespeare appears first at 71. The next most common spelling is Shakespere at 21 occurrences. The following frequencies of usage is as follows with Shakespear at 16, Shakspeare at 13, Shackspeare at 12, and Shakspere with 8 occurrences. There are also various other spellings used one time, so any of these answers could be correct...

However I yet still feel that this question goes deeper, and yet I'm sure you aren't talking about that episode of Dr. WHO where they met Sir Shakespeare.

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This section is dedicated to Twelth Night (correct spelling Twelfth), the play by William Shakespeare. The picture is 18th century and image displayed represents the essence of the play which, we hope, will bring to life a famous scene or character from Twelth Night. The information provided in this section of william-shakespeare.info includes famous quotes / quotations from Twelth Night, summary of the plot or story, facts about the play, a list of the cast and characters and access to the full text - script of the play Twelth Night by William Shakespeare.

Information provided about the Twelth Night play
William Shakespeare never published any of his plays and therefore none of the original manuscripts have survived. Eighteen unauthorised versions of his plays were, however, published during his lifetime in quarto editions by unscrupulous publishers (there were no copyright laws protecting Shakespeare and his works during the Elizabethan era). A collection of his works did not appear until 1623 ( a full seven years after Shakespeare's death on April 23, 1616) when two of his fellow actors, John Hemminges and Henry Condell, posthumously recorded his work and published 36 of William’s plays in the First Folio. Some dates are therefore approximate other dates are substantiated by historical events, records of performances and the dates plays appeared in print.

Date first performed
The first recorded production of Twelth night February 2 1602. In the Elizabethan era there was a huge demand for new entertainment and Twelth Night would have been produced immediately following the completion of the play.

Date first printed
It is believed that Twelth Night was first printed in 1623 in the First Folio. As William Shakespeare clearly did not want his work published details of the play would have therefore been noted, and often pirated without his consent, following a performance.

The setting for Twelth Night
The setting for Twelth Night is in Illyria, along the Adriatic Coast of Italy

The theme of the drama
The play Twelth Night is categorised as a Comedy

Number of words in Twelth Night
The number of words in Twelth Night, according to the Complete Public Domain Text is 21,467.

Most important characters
The most important characters in Twelth Night are:
Viola, Orsino and Sir Toby Belch

Famous Quotes / Quotations
The quotes from Twelth Night are amongst Shakespeare's most famous including 'some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them'. Details of this famous and other quotes follow, complete with information regarding the Act and the Scene, allowing a quick reference to the section of the play that these quotations can be found in. Please click here for the full text of the script of the play.

"Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them". - Act II, Scene V

"Love sought is good, but giv'n unsought is better" Act III, Scene I

History of Twelth Night
There is no historical connection to the play, it is all purely fictional.
William Shakespeare's Main Source
Shakespeare's main source for Twelth Night was probably Farewell to Militarie Profession (1581), by Barnabie Riche.

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SUCH STUFF AS DREAMS ARE MADE ON

"painted hill of nine horses'

Shakespeare Quotes - Such stuff as Dreams Are Made On,

The Tempest Act 4, scene 1, William Shakespeare

Prosperous:
Our revels now are ended. These our actors,
As I foretold you, we're all spirits, and
Are melted into air, into thin air:
And like the baseless fabric of this vision,
The cloud-capp'd tow'rs, the gorgeous palaces,
The solemn temples, the great globe itself,
Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve
And, like this insubstantial pageant faded,
Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff
As dreams are made on; and our little life
It rounded with a sleep.

William Shakespeare (26 April 1564 (baptised) - 23rd April (1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely
regarded as the greatest writer in the Engkish.

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"Hamlet Act 3 scene 1"
Enter HAMLET

HAMLET

To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'Tis is nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
And by opposing end them? To die:to sleep;
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;
To sleep; perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil
Must give us pause: there's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life;
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time
The oppresser's wrong, the proud man's contumely
The pangs of despised love, the kaw's delay
The insolence of office and the spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? Who would fardels bear
To grunt and sweat under a weary life
Bit that the dread of something after death
The undiscover'd country from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sticklied o'er with the pale cast of thought
And enterprises of great pith and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry
And lose the name of action,-Soft you now!
The fair Ophelia! Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all my sins remember'd.

William Shakespeare (baptised 1564 - died 1616)

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Who wrote Shakespeare

Interesting info Koguntetsu on this link;

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/entertai ... s-37750558

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Very interesting study. It had been known to me that he (William) had collaborated with others but not quite to such an extent. And the debate of whether or not Marlowe had a hand in his works or if it was other actors who portrayed Marlowe's work that had influence on his plays is quite a thing to ponder upon. Thank you for bringing up this thought discussion.