William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616)[a] was an English poet and playwright who is now regarded as the greatest writer of the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.[1] His surviving works include 38 plays,[b] two long narrative poems,154 sonnets,and a few other poems.He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "The Bard").His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.[2] Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon.At the age of 18,he married Anne Hathaway,with whom he had three children:Susanna,and twins Hamnet and Judith.Sometime between 1585 and 1592,Shakespeare moved to London,where he found success as an actor,writer,and part-owner of the playing company the Lord Chamberlain's Men (later known as the King's Men).He appears to have retired to Stratford around 1613,where he died three years later.Few records survive concerning Shakespeare's private life,and considerable speculation has been poured into this void,[3] including questions about his sexuality,religious beliefs,and whether the works attributed to him were actually written by others.[4] Shakespeare produced most of his known work between 1590 and 1613.He at first wrote mainly comedies and histories,genres that he raised to a peak of sophistication and artistry by the end of the sixteenth century.He then wrote mainly tragedies until 1608,producing what are considered some of the greatest in the language,including Hamlet,King Lear,and Macbeth.In the last phase of his career,Shakespeare turned to tragicomedies and collaborated with other playwrights.Many of Shakespeare's plays were published during his lifetime in editions of variable quality and accuracy; and in 1623,two of his former acting colleagues published the First Folio,a collected edition of his works that included all but two of the plays now recognised as Shakespeare's.Shakespeare was a respected poet and playwright in his own day; but it was not until the eighteenth century that his reputation began its rise to the heights it enjoys today.The Romantics,in particular,acclaimed Shakespeare's genius; and in the nineteenth century,the Victorians hero-worshipped Shakespeare with a reverence that George Bernard Shaw called "bardolatry".[5] In the twentieth century,Shakespeare's work was repeatedly adopted and rediscovered by new movements in scholarship and performance.His plays remain highly popular today; constantly performed and reinterpreted in diverse cultural and political contexts throughout the world.威廉莎士比亚(1564年4月26号-1 616年4月2 3日) 是一个英国诗人和剧作家谁是现在被视为最伟大的作家的英语和世界的杰出戏剧家.他幸存的工程包括3 8起,两个长期叙事诗,154十四行诗,和其他一些诗歌.他通常被称为英格兰的民族诗人和“巴德雅芳” (或简单的“冰城” ) .他的剧作已被翻译成每一个主要的生活语言和表演更是常常比任何其他的剧作家.莎士比亚出生和长大的埃文河畔斯特拉特福.在18岁以下的人,他结婚的安妮海瑟薇,同他有三个孩子:苏珊娜,以及双胞胎Hamnet和朱迪.1585年之间的某个时候和1592年,莎士比亚搬到伦敦,在那里他发现作为一个成功的演员,作家,和部分业主公司发挥主张伯伦的男子(后来被称为国王班底) .他似乎已经退休的斯特拉1613年左右,在他去世3年后.少数生存记录有关莎士比亚的私人生活,和大量的投机活动已涌入这一空白,包括有关他的性生活,宗教信仰,以及工程是否归因于他实际上是别人写的.莎士比亚制作他的大部分已知的工作和1590年之间的1613年.他首先写道主要的喜剧片和历史,流派,他提高到一个高峰期的复杂性和艺术性年底的16世纪.然后,他写道主要的悲剧,直到1608年,生产什么被认为是一些最伟大的语言,包括哈姆雷特,李尔王,和麦克白.在最后阶段的职业生涯中,他莎士比亚转向tragicomedies并与其他剧作家.许多莎士比亚戏剧出版了在他的一生中版的可变质量和准确性,并在1623年,他的两个同事前代理出版了第一对开本,一个版的收集他的作品,其中包括所有,但双方的发挥现在公认的莎士比亚.莎士比亚是一位受人尊敬的诗人和剧作家在自己的一天;但直到18世纪,他的名声开始引起高度享有今天.的浪漫主义,尤其是著名莎士比亚的天才,并在十九世纪的维多利亚时代的英雄,崇拜莎士比亚与崇敬是萧伯纳所谓的“ bardolatry .”在20世纪,莎士比亚的工作,多次通过和发现的新动向,奖学金和性能.他的戏剧仍然十分流行的今天,不断进行并重新在不同的文化和政治背景在世界各地.