Play Summaries, Quotes & Life Biography - All you need to know!

The World of William Shakespeare and details of his biography have fascinated people for centuries. William Shakespeare lived for 52 years. In just 23 years, between approximately 1590 and 1613, he is attributed with writing 38 plays, Famous Shakespearean sonnets and 5 other poems.

He is the most widely read of all Authors and the popularity of the life and works of Shakespeare, in English speaking countries, is second only to the Bible. It is therefore no surprise that the work of Shakespeare sparks so much interest. Many people still use words of William Shakespeare, the Great Bard of Stratford upon Avon, in everyday life.

This book contains information on Shakespeare’s life biography; his parents, children, siblings, career even his death! A timeline has been included with information from Shakespeare’s ancestors through to his death.

Play summaries and famous quotes from 37 plays have also been included.

The following sections can be accessed from the table of contents, extremely easy to navigate:


Introduction

Play Summaries

Alls Well That Ends Well
Antony and Cleopatra
As You Like It
Comedy of Errors
Coriolanus
Cymbeline
Hamlet
Julius Caesar
King Henry IV Part 1
King Henry IV Part 2
King Henry V
King Henry VI Part 1
King Henry VI Part 2
King Henry VI Part 3
King Henry VIII
King John
Love’s Labour’s Lost
Macbeth
Measure for Measure
Merchant of Venice
Merry Wives of Windsor
Midsummer Nights Dream
Much Ado About Nothing
Othello
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Richard II
Richard III
Romeo and Juliet
Taming of the Shrew
The Tempest
The Winter’s Tale
Timon of Athens
Titus Andronicus
Troilus and Cressida
Twelfth Night
Two Gentlemen of Verona

Quotes from Shakespeare’s Plays

Alls Well That Ends Well
Antony and Cleopatra
As You Like It
Comedy of Errors
Coriolanus
Cymbeline
Hamlet
Julius Caesar
King Henry IV Part 1
King Henry IV Part 2
King Henry V
King Henry VI Part 1
King Henry VI Part 2
King Henry VI Part 3
King Henry VIII
King John
Love’s Labour’s Lost
Macbeth
Measure for Measure
Merchant of Venice
Merry Wives of Windsor
Midsummer Nights Dream
Much Ado About Nothing
Othello
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Richard II
Richard III
Romeo and Juliet
Taming of the Shrew
The Tempest
The Winter’s Tale
Timon of Athens
Titus Andronicus
Troilus and Cressida
Twelfth Night
Two Gentlemen of Verona

William Shakespeare Timeline
Who were the Ancestors of William Shakespeare?
John Shakespeare
Mary Arden
What was the religion of the Shakespeare Family?
When & Where was William Shakespeare born?
How many Brothers and Sisters did William Shakespeare have?
The Education of William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare - The Lost Years
Marriage of William Shakespeare to Anne Hathaway
William Shakespeare – His Children
William Shakespeare - Actor
William Shakespeare - ' Upstart Crow'
William Shakespeare - Playwright
William Shakespeare - Poems
William Shakespeare - Sonnets
Publication of William Shakespeare Plays
Performances of William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare in London
Friends and Contempories of William
Bubonic Plague and Shakespeare
Shakespeare - Chamberlain's men and King's men
Shakespeare Coat-of-Arms
Public plays banned in City of London
Shakespeare and Stratford-upon-Avon
Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre
William Shakespeare and Elizabethan Politics
Shakespeare and the Blackfriars Theatre
The Retirement of William Shakespeare
Globe Theatre Fire
William Shakespeare Last Will and Testament
The Death of William Shakespeare

Shakespeare - Top 10 Facts
Rumors and Facts about Shakespeare
The Comedy Themed Plays
The Tragedy Themed Plays
The History Themed Plays
First Folio
The Martin Droeshout Engraving
Shakespeare Quarto Text