William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (baptised April 26, 1564 – April 23, 1616) was an English poet and playwright who has a reputation as one of the greatest of all writers in the English language and in Western literature, as well as one of the world's pre-eminent dramatists.

Further reading

• Mark Anderson, Shakespeare by Another Name (2005). Biography of Edward de Vere.
• Anthony Burgess, Nothing Like The Sun (1964). Fictionalised biography.
• Anthony Burgess, Shakespeare (1970). Biography.
• Stephen Greenblatt, Will in the World (2004). Biography.
• Bertram Fields, Players: The Mysterious Identity of William Shakespeare (2005).
• John Pemble, Shakespeare Goes to Paris: How the Bard Conquered France (2005).
• Shakespeare on Film Bibliography (via UC Berkeley)