FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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William Shakespeare wrote 31 works
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William Shakespeare wrote 37 works
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William Shakespeare wrote 43 works
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William Shakespeare wrote 28 works
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Detailed explanation-1: -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 .
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -How many plays did Shakespeare write? Thirty-eight is the generally accepted number, though recent claims have been made for King Edward III and some scholars would include part of Sir Thomas More. Another play, Cardenio, has not survived.
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.