ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MACBETH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following plays of Shakespeare has an epilogue?
A
The Tempest
B
Henry IV, Pt I
C
Hamlet
D
Twelfth Night
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -For example, Romeo and Juliet (By William Shakespeare) also had an epilogue.

Detailed explanation-2: -After writing The Tempest, Shakespeare took on an apprentice, the playwright John Fletcher, who would go on to be his successor as writer for the King’s Men. Fletcher collaborated with Shakespeare on three final plays: Henry VIII, The Two Noble Kinsmen, and finally Cardenio, which has since been lost.

Detailed explanation-3: -Although it denitely dates from towards the end of Shakespeare’s active theatrical work in London, there is no denitive external evidence to conrm that The Tempest, written and performed in 1610–11, is Shakespeare’s nal play.

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