William Shakespeare became a renowned English poet, playwright, and actor. His work includes 38 plays, 2 narrative poems, 154 sonnets, and other poems.
No original manuscripts of Shakespeare's plays exist. A group of actors from Shakespeare's company collected about half for publication after Shakespeare died.
From the various documents that have survived we know that he spelled his last name in various ways, none of which was "Shakespeare"
1500 - 1565 (65 år)
