Thesis; William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.

sources:

Anderson, Robert. "William Shakespeare's Life : A Genius from Stratford." Holt Literature & Language Arts: Mastering the California Standards: Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking , by Anderson, Austin, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 2003, pp. 776-77.

Information About Williams Succes as a writer

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During a Broadway season in the 1980's, one critic estimate that if Shakespeare were alive, he would be receiving 25,000 dollars a week in royalties for a production of Othello alone. (Anderson, Robert. "William Shakespeare's Life : A Genius from Stratford." p2)

This shows how Williams passion makes him succesful.

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By 1592, Shakespeare had already become an actor and a playwright. By 1594 , he was a charter member of the theatrical company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men, which was later to become the King's Men.( Anderson112)

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By 1592 Shakespeare was a playwright and an actor . by 1594 he was a charter member of a theatre company named "King's Men."

Information of Williams Poetry

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Playwrights were not considered to be of much consequence during the period, so he may have also been inspired to write poetry to prove himself as a writer. In 1593, Shakespeare's poem "Venus and Adonis" was published by Richard Field, a London printer. A year later,Field published Shakespeare ’s second long poem, "The Rape of Lucrece. (ForsterMatt231)

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It is believed that Shakespeare started to write poetry because of the fact that playwrights were not considered to be of much consequence at the time. In 1593 the poem "Venus and Adonis" was published by a London Printer . In 1594 Shakespeare was inspired to write his second longest poem "The Rape of Lucrece ".(Lander301)

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"Shakespeare wrote at least 38 plays, two major narrative poems, a sequence of sonnets, and several short poems."(Austin3)

Source:

Cymbeline." <i>World Book Advanced</i>. World Book, 2016. Web. 30 Nov. 2016.

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Cymbeline is a five-act play by the English dramatist William Shakespeare. It is one of his later plays, and was probably written in 1609 or 1610. Its first performance may have been at the Globe Theatre in London in 1611. The text was first published in 1623. (Austin345)

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"Cymbeline" is a 5-act play that was created by William Shakespeare , the play was written around the time of 1609 and 1610. The debut of the play "Cymbeline" is believed to have been performed in 1611 in London. Although the play was performed some-what around 1611, it was published as late as 1622

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Romeo and Juliet was probably among the early plays that Shakespeare wrote, between 1594 and 1596. By 1612, when he returned to Stratford to live the life of a prosperous retired gentleman, Shakespeare had written thirty-seven plays including masterpieces such as Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth.(Austin201)

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Romeo and Juliet are probably of the the early plays Shakespeare had written between 1594 and 1596. Shakespeare had returked to Stratford in 1612 to retire. At the time of his retirement , Shakespeare had written 37 plays. This includes the masterpieces such as " Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth.