Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

William Shakespeare, the preeminent playwright of the English language, was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. Regarded as the greatest writer in English literature, Shakespeare's prodigious body of work includes 39 plays, 154 sonnets, and two long narrative poems. Little is known of his early life, but by 1592 he had moved to London and was earning a living as an actor and playwri...