William Shakespeare

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actor dramatist human playwright poet

William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language and world literature.

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Label Occurrences
William Shakespeare canonical 404
Shakespeare 10
Shakespeare is the central figure of the Western canon 1

Statements (73)

Predicate Object
instanceOf actor ⓘ
dramatist ⓘ
human ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1610s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1580s ⓘ
baptismDate 1564-04-26 ⓘ
burialPlace Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon ⓘ
canonizedIn Western canon of art ⓘ
surface form: Western canon
causeOfDeath unknown ⓘ
child Hamnet Shakespeare ⓘ
Judith Quiney ⓘ
Susanna Hall ⓘ
countryOfBirth Kingdom of England ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
countryOfDeath Kingdom of England ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1564-04-23 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1616-04-23 ⓘ
employer King's Men ⓘ
King's Men ⓘ
surface form: Lord Chamberlain's Men
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
familyName William Shakespeare self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Shakespeare
fieldOfWork drama ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
fullName William Shakespeare self-link ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
history play ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
hasPart First Folio of Shakespeare ⓘ
surface form: First Folio
influenced English literature ⓘ
world literature ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement English Renaissance drama ⓘ
surface form: Elizabethan theatre

English Renaissance ⓘ
English Renaissance drama ⓘ
surface form: Jacobean theatre
notableWork A Midsummer Night's Dream ⓘ
Antony and Cleopatra ⓘ
As You Like It ⓘ
Coriolanus ⓘ
Hamlet ⓘ
Henry IV, Part 1 ⓘ
Henry IV, Part 2 ⓘ
Henry V of England ⓘ
surface form: Henry V

Julius Caesar ⓘ
King Lear ⓘ
Love's Labour's Lost ⓘ
Macbeth (2015 film) ⓘ
surface form: Macbeth

Measure for Measure ⓘ
Much Ado About Nothing (1993 film) ⓘ
surface form: Much Ado About Nothing

Othello (character) ⓘ
surface form: Othello

Richard III of England ⓘ
surface form: Richard III

Romeo and Juliet ⓘ
Sonnets ⓘ
The Merchant of Venice ⓘ
The Taming of the Shrew ⓘ
The Tempest ⓘ
Winter’s Tale (opera) ⓘ
surface form: The Winter's Tale

Titus Andronicus ⓘ
Twelfth Night ⓘ
numberOfSonnets 154 ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
placeOfBirth Stratford-on-Avon ⓘ
surface form: Stratford-upon-Avon
placeOfDeath Stratford-on-Avon ⓘ
surface form: Stratford-upon-Avon
religion Church of England ⓘ
residence London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Stratford-on-Avon ⓘ
surface form: Stratford-upon-Avon
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Anne Hathaway ⓘ
style blank verse ⓘ

Referenced by (419)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

T. S. Eliot → influencedBy → William Shakespeare ⓘ
Iago → creator → William Shakespeare ⓘ
subject surface form: Iago (Shakespeare character)
Chicago Shakespeare Theater → specialization → William Shakespeare ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shakespeare
Geoffrey Chaucer → influenced → William Shakespeare ⓘ
Thomas Gray → notableWork → William Shakespeare ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Bard
Shakespeare in Love → mainCharacter → William Shakespeare ⓘ
The Boar’s Head Tavern, Eastcheap → creator → William Shakespeare ⓘ
Sea Venture shipwreck → inspiredAuthor → William Shakespeare ⓘ
Folger Shakespeare Library → focusesOn → William Shakespeare ⓘ
English Renaissance drama → notablePlaywright → William Shakespeare ⓘ
The Waste Land → influencedBy → William Shakespeare ⓘ
William Shakespeare → fullName → William Shakespeare self-link ⓘ
William Shakespeare → familyName → William Shakespeare self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shakespeare
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock → alludesTo → William Shakespeare ⓘ
John Milton → influencedBy → William Shakespeare ⓘ
Voodoo Macbeth → basedOnWorkBy → William Shakespeare ⓘ
Voodoo Macbeth → originalAuthor → William Shakespeare ⓘ
William Wordsworth → influencedBy → William Shakespeare ⓘ
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935 film) → basedOnWorkAuthor → William Shakespeare ⓘ
Walt Whitman → influencedBy → William Shakespeare ⓘ
Representative Men → subject → William Shakespeare ⓘ
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe → influencedBy → William Shakespeare ⓘ
Joseph Fiennes → role → William Shakespeare ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Shakespeare in Shakespeare in Love
English Renaissance → hasNotableFigure → William Shakespeare ⓘ
Michael Madhusudan Dutt → influencedBy → William Shakespeare ⓘ
The Mall and Literary Walk → hasStatueOf → William Shakespeare ⓘ
Ophelia → basedOnWorkBy → William Shakespeare ⓘ
Hamlet (1948 film) → basedOnWorkBy → William Shakespeare ⓘ
Henry V (1944 film) → basedOnWorkBy → William Shakespeare ⓘ
Othello (1965 film) → basedOnWorkBy → William Shakespeare ⓘ
Richard III (1955 film) → basedOnWorkBy → William Shakespeare ⓘ
William Rogers → sharesGivenNameWith → William Shakespeare ⓘ
Mark Antony → portrayedByAuthor → William Shakespeare ⓘ
Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare → mainSubject → William Shakespeare ⓘ
Orson Welles → influencedBy → William Shakespeare ⓘ
Sir Walter Scott → influencedBy → William Shakespeare ⓘ
Shakespearean tragedies → creator → William Shakespeare ⓘ
Ovid → influenced → William Shakespeare ⓘ
West Side Story → basedOnWorkBy → William Shakespeare ⓘ
Sturm und Drang → influencedBy → William Shakespeare ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shakespeare
Othello (character) → creator → William Shakespeare ⓘ
subject surface form: Othello
Cassio (character) → createdBy → William Shakespeare ⓘ
subject surface form: Cassio
Henry Irving → influencedBy → William Shakespeare ⓘ
John Keats → influencedBy → William Shakespeare ⓘ
Emilia (Othello character) → creator → William Shakespeare ⓘ
Roderigo (character) → createdBy → William Shakespeare ⓘ
subject surface form: Roderigo
Shakespeare and Company bookshop → renamedInHonorOf → William Shakespeare ⓘ
subject surface form: Shakespeare and Company (Paris bookshop)
Shakespeare quartos → associatedWith → William Shakespeare ⓘ
Desdemona (character) → creator → William Shakespeare ⓘ
subject surface form: Desdemona
Henry V (1989 film) → basedOn → William Shakespeare ⓘ