William Shakespeare's Life
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William Shakespeare was a supreme English poet and playwright,
universally recognized as the greatest of all the dramatists.
     A complete, authoritative account of Shakespeare's life is lacking; much
supposition surrounds relatively few facts. His day of birth is traditionally
held on April 23,  ....          
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....  caught poaching in a deer park.
     Shakespeare apparently arrived in London about 1588 and by 1592 had
attained success as a playwright.  The publication of Venus and Adonis, The Rape
of Lucrece and of his Sonnets established his reputation as a poet in the
Renaissance manner.  Shakespeare's modern reputation is based mainly on the 38
plays he wrote, modified, or collaborated on.
     Shakespeare's professional life in London was marked by a number of
financially advantageous arrangements  ....          
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