FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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More than 50
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Less than 20
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30-40
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -It’s generally agreed that Shakespeare wrote 37 plays between 1590 and 1612. In addition to these 37 plays there is one ‘lost’ play – Cardenio – plus a selection of plays that most academics agree Shakespeare collaborated on, such as Love’s Labour’s Won, Edward III, Sir Thomas More and The Two Noble Kinsmen.
Detailed explanation-2: -Between about 1590 and 1613, Shakespeare wrote at least 37 plays and collaborated on several more. His 17 comedies include The Merchant of Venice and Much Ado About Nothing. Among his 10 history plays are Henry V and Richard III.
Detailed explanation-3: -Romeo and Juliet (1594–1595) Richard II (1595–1596) A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1595–1596)
Detailed explanation-4: -There are 884, 421 total words in Shakespeare’s 43 works. There are 28, 829 unique word forms, and 12, 493 occur only once. Those unique words account for 43.3% of total word forms. The top 10 most frequently occuring words make up 21.4% of all words.