FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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Detailed explanation-1: -There are believed to be 80 different ways to spell the name of English playwright William Shakespeare, including ‘Shappere’ and ‘Shaxberd’. Shakespeare is known to have signed his name using variations such as ‘Willm Shakp’ and ‘Willm Shakspere’.
Detailed explanation-2: -(1564-1616) the English poet and playwright (= writer of plays) who is often described as the greatest writer in the English language. He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, the son of a wealthy glove maker and merchant.
Detailed explanation-3: -The misspellings were most egregious before Shakespeare’s birth and during his youth, with colorfully bizarre variations found in registers and other legal documents of the time. These include Shakesspere, Shakysper, Shaxpeer, Schakespeire, Shackper, Shexpere, Shaxkspere and Shakspeyre.
Detailed explanation-4: -William Shakespeare ( bapt. 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England’s national poet and the “Bard of Avon” (or simply “the Bard").
Detailed explanation-5: -He was a hard-working man for most of his life. We may learn more about him too by thinking about how he got on with his colleagues, observing for instance that they stuck together over long periods of time and that he both received and made bequests to some of them.