Shakespeare's Works
Most Commonly Used Genre's
History
Tragedy
Comedy
Date of Death
April 23, 1616
Number of words Shakespeare invented
more than 1,700
Popular Names Created by Shakespeare
Jessica
Olivia
His plays during the 17th and 18th century are said that have...
helped regulate the English language
Name of the play that Shakespeare lost
Cardenio
Name of Spouse
Anne Hathaway
Writers that Shakepeare inspired..
Charles Dickens and Thomas Hardy
Shakespeares most common nickname
"The Bard"
Shakespeare invented new words by changing nouns into...
verbs
Total Number of Plays & Sonnets
37 Plays, 154 Sonnets
Date of Birth
April 23-26, (exact date unknown) 1564
Shakespeare's complete works contain how many words?
884,647 words
A bard is a ...
a poet
Shakespeare invented new words by changing verbs into...
adjectives
Shakespeare wrote his first play in what year?
1590
Place of Birth
Stratford-upon-Avon, UK
Besides writing plays, Shakespeare did this...
He performed on stage with a group of actors called the Lord Chamberlain's Group
One of Shakespeare's relatives was arrested for this
Plotting against Queen Elizabeth I
Shakespeare invented new words by adding pre-fixes and suffixes to the...
existing words
Shortest Play (# of words)
Midsummer Night's Dream - 605 words
Number of Siblings
Seven siblings - 5 brothers & 2 sisters
Shakespeare's plays were entertaining and...
educating. (the political system, the judicial system)
These feelings were expressed in Shakespeare's play...
love, jealousy, and sadness
Shakespeare's plays helped to do what to the English language?
standardize it