William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) is a playwright, poet and actor from England, considered by many to be the greatest writer in the English language.
He is born in Stratford-Upon-Avon and produces most of his work at the Globe Theater in London.
Characters[]
Among the many characters Shakespeare wrote about are:
- Ariel
- Beatrice
- Benedick
- Caliban
- Claudius
- Cleopatra
- Cordelia
- Desdemona
- Duncan
- Sir John Falstaff
- Gertrude
- Goneril
- Prince Hal
- Hamlet
- Herne the Hunter
- Iago
- Juliet
- Julius Caesar
- Katharina
- Lady Macbeth
- Macbeth
- Malcolm
- Marcus Brutus
- Miranda
- Nick Bottom
- Oberon
- Ophelia
- Orlando
- Othello
- Petruchio
- Polonius
- Portia
- Prospero
- Puck
- Regan
- Richard III
- Romeo
- Rosalind
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
- Shylock
- Titania
- Touchstone
- Viola
- Weird Sisters