William Shakespeare ([New] ed)

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was born in Stratford-upon-Avon.

He married Anne Hathaway in 1582 and later went to London, where he became an actor and playwright with the Lord Chamberlain's Men, as well as a poet.

His plays are timeless explorations of the human condition, and his dramatic immediacy, poetic imagination, tragic perspectives, compassion, irony and humour make him one of our greatest writers.