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1 day ago · William Shakespeare - Poet, Playwright, Bard: Shakespeare lived at a time when ideas and social structures established in the Middle Ages still informed human thought and behaviour. Queen Elizabeth I was God’s deputy on earth, and lords and commoners had their due places in society under her, with responsibilities up through her to God and down to those of more humble rank. The order of things, however, did not go unquestioned. Atheism was still considered a challenge to the beliefs and ...
3 days ago · William Shakespeare - Playwright, Poet, Actor: The first reference to Shakespeare in the literary world of London comes in 1592, when a fellow dramatist, Robert Greene, declared in a pamphlet written on his deathbed: What these words mean is difficult to determine, but clearly they are insulting, and clearly Shakespeare is the object of the sarcasms. When the book in which they appear (Greenes, groats-worth of witte, bought with a million of Repentance, 1592) was published after Greene’s ...
5 days ago · William Challee, American actor; in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1989) Georges Gautschi, Swiss Olympic figure skater (d. 1985) Kurt Georg Kiesinger, Chancellor of West Germany; in Ebingen, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire (d. 1988) Erwin Komenda, Austrian automobile designer; in Jauern am Semmering, Austria (d. 1966, lung cancer)
5 days ago · #4 in my ranking of William Friedkin’s filmography.. William Friedkin’s final film, completed just a little bit before his death with his health so precarious that insurance required a backup on set for the entire 15-day shoot (who ended up being Guillermo del Toro), The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial is an accomplished adaptation of a well-regarded play based on Herman Wouk’s own Pulitzer Prize winning novel.
1 day ago · William Shakespeare. William Shakespeare ( c. 23 [a] April 1564 – 23 April 1616) [b] was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. [4] [5] [6] He is often called England's national poet and the " Bard of Avon " (or simply "the Bard").
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1 day ago · William III (William Henry; Dutch: Willem Hendrik; 4 November 1650 – 8 March 1702), [b] also widely known as William of Orange, was the sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from the 1670s, and King of England, Ireland, and Scotland from 1689 until his ...
