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Not all of them are set abroad. He tended to set them in the place where his sources had set them. The plays based on Holinshed's Chronicles of England are, unsurprisingly, set in England--this includes all ten history plays (although parts of some of them are in France). Macbeth, also based on Holinshed, is set in Scotland. Two plays are set in the England of long ago: Cymbeline and King Lear. The Merry Wives of Windsor is set in contemporary England.
The Roman Plays Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra and Coriolanus are all taken from Plutarch's lives which set them in Rome. Shakespeare was not going to contradict such well-known facts, and so he retained the setting, while making the characters behave in many ways like Renaissance Englishmen.
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What country did William Shakespeare write his plays?
Shakespeare wrote all his plays in England. They are not all set in England, though.
Was william shakespeare known for advancing the art of set design?
No. He had no interest in set design.
How did William Shakespeare make a cannon?
He didn't. He wasn't in the business of casting metal. The partners at the Globe did purchase a cannon to make sound effects, but unfortunately it also set fire to the theatre. Or do you mean canon? Shakespeare didn't really make one of those either--it is scholars who have decided which of the plays are legitimate Shakespeare plays.
Why were many of Shakespeare's plays set in Italy?
because he wanted them to be
What date did william shakespeare write all of his plays?
Whenever William Shakespeare wrote a play, he wrote it in England because, as far as we can tell, Shakespeare never left England. Or do you mean, when did he write plays set in England? Well, the three parts of Henry VI, one of which might have been his first play, were all set in England. So was Henry VIII, almost his last play.
Did prospero set 3men free in the tempest by William shakespeare?
Only after imprisoning them first.
What country did shakespeare write most of his plays in?
Shakespeare wrote all of his plays in England, since he lived his entire life there. He also set more of his plays in England than anywhere else.
Were all Shakespeare's plays british?
Yes, they were done in English but they were set all over the world. No Shakespeare's was English and lived in England, so all his plays was English
What inspired William Shakespeare to write plays about Julius Caesar?
Plays set in ancient Rome were not exactly common before Shakespeare wrote Julius Caesar. He himself had set one of his early plays, Titus Andronicus, in ancient Rome, and there may also have been a play about Titus and Vespasian and an early version of Appius and Virginia. For some reason, Shakespeare was attracted to the plots available in Plutarch's Lives and the Caesar and Antony plays derive from this source. His sense of what would sell did not fail, and his Roman plays were successful enough to inspire imitation, notably Jonson's Sejanus His Fall.
Who did Shakespeare have the children to?
In 1582, Anne Hathaway married William Shakespeare. They had three children together, Susanna, and a set of fraternal twins Hamnet and Judith.
What city is the setting for William Shakespeare's 'Measure for Measure'?
Measure for Measure is set in Vienna, the capital of Austria.
Which of Shakespeare's plays is set on the street in Rome?
Coriolanus, Titus Andronicus and Julius Caesar all have scenes set in Roman streets.
