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Historical Works of William Shakespeare: Shakespeare's Life And Career

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Shakespeare, William

Shakespeare, William
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Critic: Barasch, Frances K.
Affiliation: Assistant Professor Of English, City University Of New York

Shakespeare's Life And Career:

Very few facts are known about Shakespeare's early life but there is
enough information about his adult career to enable us to sketch a biography.
Shakespeare was born in the busy little town of Stratford-on-Avon in the
rolling green countryside of Warwickshire. His baptism was recorded on April
26, 1564, and it is believed that he was born three days earlier on April 23.
This is also the date of his death ...

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