He was best known as a playwright, but he was also a poet- usually writing poems in the form known as the Sonnet. Please note I corrected your spelling of his name.
Most of his plays were famous...you're going to need to be a little more specific than that. One quote from Romeo and Juliet that is used a lot is "What's in a name?"
other then the 36 plays, the first historical evidence of pornographic stories was written by william shakespear
Hamlet. There are more than twice as many adaptations of Hamlet than of any other single Shakespeare play.
The Globe Theatre was the home of the Lord Chamberlain's Men (afterwards known as the King's Men) from 1599 to 1642. Shakespeare was associated with this group until his retirement in 1613, which means he played at the Globe more than any other theatre.
The question arises whether Shakespeare is more famous than Homer Simpson or Sonic the Hedgehog or Spongebob Squarepants or some other person. It depends what group of people you are talking about. Among Americans who are poorly educated and watch a lot of TV, Homer Simpson is probably more famous than Shakespeare. Among some video gamers, maybe Sonic is more famous than Shakespeare. Among the billions of people who are not inundated with American culture, Shakespeare is probably the better known person.
All of Shakespeare's plays are famous, but some of them are more famous than others. Hamlet is more famous than Pericles, but is The Tempest a famous play? Is the Merchant of Venice? Is Antony and Cleopatra?
Most of his plays were famous...you're going to need to be a little more specific than that. One quote from Romeo and Juliet that is used a lot is "What's in a name?"
More of Shakespeare's plays are based on Holinshed's Chronicles than any other work.
William Shakespeare is the poet who wrote more than 30 plays, including famous works such as "Hamlet," "Romeo and Juliet," and "Macbeth." His plays are known for their literary excellence and continue to be performed and studied worldwide.
This allows for creativity from the performers.
None of Shakespeare's friends is as famous as he is. Back then, though, his friend Richard Burbage was much more famous than Shakespeare was.
other then the 36 plays, the first historical evidence of pornographic stories was written by william shakespear
Hamlet. There are more than twice as many adaptations of Hamlet than of any other single Shakespeare play.
The Globe Theatre was the home of the Lord Chamberlain's Men (afterwards known as the King's Men) from 1599 to 1642. Shakespeare was associated with this group until his retirement in 1613, which means he played at the Globe more than any other theatre.
The question arises whether Shakespeare is more famous than Homer Simpson or Sonic the Hedgehog or Spongebob Squarepants or some other person. It depends what group of people you are talking about. Among Americans who are poorly educated and watch a lot of TV, Homer Simpson is probably more famous than Shakespeare. Among some video gamers, maybe Sonic is more famous than Shakespeare. Among the billions of people who are not inundated with American culture, Shakespeare is probably the better known person.
They are not really unique. There are many many plays by Shakespeare's contemporaries, many of which are better than the worst of Shakespeare's plays. Shakespeare was just one of a large number of people writing plays. But what history has shown is that Shakespeare, when he was on his game, was a far better playwright than any of his contemporaries and anyone else before or since. He was not unique, but he was and is the best.
Yes, we know that he performed in two plays of Ben Jonson's, Sejanus and Every Man Out of his Humour.