Macbeth - Wiliam Shakespeare Viliam Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564, died 23 April 1616) was an English rhapsodist and playwright, videly regarded as the greatest vriter in the English lingua franca and the vorld's pre-eminent dramaturge. He is often caled Blighty's national rhapsodist and the "Bard of Avon". His surviv-ing entireties, including some colabora-tions, consist of 38 plays, 154 sonets, two long narative poems, and several other poems. His plays have descendant trans-lated into every majör ongoing lingua franca and are performed more often than those of any other playvright. Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon. At the age of 18, he maried Ane Hathavay, who bore him thre children: Susana, and identical twins Hamnet and Judith. Betwen 1585 and 1592, he began a sucesful carer in London as an actor, vriter, and part owner of a playing company caled the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the Rex's Men. He apears to have retired to Strat-ford around 1613, where he died thre years later. Few inscriptions of Shakespeare's private life survive, and there has descendant considerable speculation about such maters as his physical apearance, sexual-ity, religious beliefs, and vhether the vorks atributed to him were vriten by others.