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[Charlesthegamer]

His words can even melt a stoned heart person

Such a great legend he was!

[evanflowforever]

William Shakespeare my distant cousin. Capital letters AWESOME. Truly the Michelangelo of writers. His work is literary, theatrical, philosophical and poetic all at once. APEX ❤

[mapengbo]

"We also know his son, Hamnet died" (Video published in 2016, I think I know that too)

[bhagyshriwaghmare]

I just want to read and knows about more Shakespeare's life and works, he was one of the greatest author in English Literature . His plays are very interested and something learnt from that

[jonathantorres]

I'm glad i've seen this video because i didn't know that Shakespeare was a good businessman.
The man talking says that people think of William Shakespeare as an artist or a playwright, and he is completely right, It is the same as I have thought all this time.

[NewYorkCityVideos]

I'm learning about Shakespeare at Baruch College and I landed on this video.

[nayankapoor]

I want to become like great Shakespeare

[Scorp]

Shakespeare : The bane of every high school student throughout the twentieth century.

[JunoDiovonaDemihof]

William Shakespeare died on 23 April 1616, at the age of 52...
Around 230 years after his death, doubts started to be expressed about the authorship of the works earlier attributed to William.
Proposed alternative candidates included Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford.
A few Shakespeare scholars and literary historians and academics believe that there is reason to question the traditional attribution, and interest in the subject, particularly the Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship, continues into the 21st century.

[karthikspurushotham]

says that they don't know when Shakespeare was born 0:13

Also says he died on his birthday 3:38

[nushnum]

I hath to watch this videography production for school, and it is a really interesting content. Thank thou for this!

[jotarokujo]

I have to take notes on this for my English class

[nathanielcowan]

How about how we don't actually have an accurate picture of this mythical man...also, I thought his father was a glove maker.

[CarsonTheAnimal]

Thanks for helping me with my high school test

[pramodchakravarthymsc]

We love shakespeare from India, Andhrapradesh, kurnool

[daviddebord]

If only Shakespeare could return to chronicle the story of today’s royal family.

[davideldred.campingwilder]

S=Stratford. H=Kings High School. A=Ann Hathaway. K=Kingsmen.E=Euntruprunare. S=154 Sonnets. P Plays Lear, Mcbeth, etc...E End of life on his birthday23rd April. Remembered world wild as most important in civilisation. E.

[V.Easy_English]

William Shakespeare restored fame to English Literature especially Theater.

[apollocobain]

If he sounds mythical it's because he is.
At 0:55 that title page has corrupted the "Shakespeare" pseudonym to match up with the Stratford man who spelled his surname "Shakspere".
1:10 "Shakespeare (meaning the Stratford man) built the Globe" -- Burbage built the Globe, Shakspere had a 1/8 (12.5%) share in it.
3:25 "he is one of the first professional writers" -- there is no evidence that Shakspere of Stratford was ever paid to write anything. He is missing from Henslowe's log of payments to writers.
3:52 "introducing 3000 words..." With computer analysis that number is now below 500 words and that includes words which were first printed in the 1623 collection but not necessarily "coined" by the author(s)
4:40 "Shakespeare" as we use the name now, seems to be a pen name assigned to previously unpublished works in 1623. No one during Shakspere's life referred to him as a writer. The similarity of his name to the pen name may have led to using him as a front man for the authors of the works.
Stylometrics show that many authors were involved in the works. That is why "Shakespeare" is unparalleled by any other single author, eg it was not a single author.

[KumarM-ghqt]

Ohh This Guy he is also popularly known as KALIDASA OF ENGLAND. Though he's nowhere near The GREAT KALIDASA Kālidāsa (fl. 4th–5th century CE) was a Classical Sanskrit author who is often considered ancient India's greatest poet and playwright. His plays and poetry are primarily based on the Vedas, the Rāmāyaṇa, the Mahābhārata and the Purāṇas.[1] His surviving works consist of three plays, two epic poems and two shorter poems.
Whereas this Guy in 1564-1616 AD.