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Shakespeare, William (1564-1616), playwright and poet

Peter Holland

in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

ISBN: 9780198614128
Published online September 2004 | | DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/25200
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616), playwright and poet

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Shakespeare's parents | John Shakespeare and Catholicism | Players in Stratford | Shakespeare's education | After school, and marriage | The 'lost years' | Shakespeare the player | First plays: Henry VI

Reference Entry.  37543 words.  Illustrated.

Subjects: biography ; history

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