William Definition–noun | 1. | a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter W. | | 2. | a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “will” and “helmet.” | |
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Shakespeare Definition–noun | William, 1564–1616, English poet and dramatist. | |
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Related topics from BritannicaShakespeare, William
English poet, dramatist, and actor, often called the English national poet and considered by many to be the greatest dramatist of all time.Royal Shakespeare Company
English theatrical company with a long history of Shakespearean performance. The company is based in Stratford-upon-Avon, where it maintains three venues-the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, the Swan ...
Folger Shakespeare Library
research centre in Washington, D.C., for the study of William Shakespeare, his contemporaries, Elizabethan society and culture, and 15th- through 18th-century British drama, literature, and history. ...
Shakespeare and Opera
If William Shakespeare's ascendancy over Western theatre has not extended to the opera stage-a fact explained by the want of Shakespeare-congenial librettists, the literary indifference of composers, ...
Music in Shakespeare's Plays
It was customary in Tudor and Stuart drama to include at least one song in every play. Only the most profound tragedies, in accordance with Senecan models, occasionally eschewed all music except for ...
Viewing Shakespeare on Film
At the end of the 19th and the start of the 20th centuries, when William Shakespeare was becoming an academic institution, so to speak-a subject for serious scholarly study-a revolutionary search ...
Shakespeare on Theatre
A hundred yards or so southeast of the new Globe Theatre is a vacant lot surrounded by a corrugated-iron fence marked with a bronze plaque as the site of the original Globe Theatre of 1599. A little ...
Shakespeare and the Liberties
In 1567 John Brayne went east of Aldgate to Stepney, where he erected a theatre called the Red Lion. It was the first permanent building designed expressly for dramatic performances to be constructed ...
Painter, William
English author whose collection of tales The Palace of Pleasure, based on classical and Italian originals, served as a sourcebook for many Elizabethan dramatists.Warburton, William
Anglican bishop of Gloucester, literary critic and controversialist. |
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... and corruption will be even more pronounced this season, which explains why all eight episodes take titles from William Shakespeare's works.
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A Midsummer Nights Dream Everyones Shakespeare
Associated Content - Found Oct. 29, 2008
William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, is one of the most complicated and twisted love stories ever written.
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Shakespeare's 'Midsummer,' Reimagined Through Indian Culture
Hartford Courant - Found Oct. 23, 2008
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The Wonders of Blood
New York Times - Found Oct. 21, 2008
The Bible mentions blood more than 400 times, William Shakespeare close to 700. Its all in the blood, your temperament, your fate.
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What Is It?: Young Shakespeare
The Connecticut Post - Found Oct. 26, 2008
... n The statue, depicting a young William Shakespeare, his legs crossed and deep in thought, was installed on the theater grounds in 1967. n...
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University Theatre Presents Shakespeare's "Cymbeline"
University of Arkansas Daily Headlines - Found Oct. 16, 2008
University Theatre will present William Shakespeare's Cymbeline, a tragi-comedy of grand proportions, find romance, conflict, love, war and all the
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Introducing the RCS LightLock
TV Technology - Found 11 hours ago
... in London, the Royal Shakespeare Company, which is better known for producing interesting versions of the works of William Shakespeare than...
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With a friend like IBB...
Daily Sun - Found 11 hours ago
He gave his friend what William Shakespeare calls 'the unkindest cut of all,' and gave the nation what Steven Deitz, American playwright...
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Atiku and Principled Politics [opinion]
AllAfrica.com - Found 16 hours ago
' THE above quotation is one of the outstanding commentaries of William Shakespeare and sounds very relevant, in the face of issues raised...
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Performances Full of Colors, Rhythms
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