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Back in the day, Shakespeare was one of the most popular playwrights in England. His plays are traditionally divided into histories, tragedies and comedies, but some plays are hard to categorize. He wrote many different genres of plays including fantasy (A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Tempest) romance (Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing), pastorals (As You Like It), political intrigues (Julius Caesar, Richard III), war stories (Henry V), horror (Titus Andronicus, Macbeth) and many others.
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∙ 7y agoHe wrote funny plays and sad plays and crazy plays and plays which told stories out of history and heartwarming plays about families getting reunited and cynical and critical plays. In the First Folio (the first legitimate collection of his plays) they were divided into comedies (the funny ones), tragedies (the sad ones) and histories (the ones about English history). Sometimes the plays don't fit these three categories very well.
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∙ 10y agoIn the First Folio, the editors divided Shakespeare's plays into three categories: Comedies, Tragedies, and Histories. Later critics and scholars added Dark Comedies or Tragicomedies.
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Did Shakespeare write genre of plays?
No, Shakespeare wrote plays. Other people decided to sort them into genres.
Did William Shakespeare write musicals?
no, but some of his plays have been sort of adapted into musicals, like West Side Story-->Romeo and Juliet, and Kiss Me Kate--->Taming of the Shrew, Hamlet--->The Lion King
What sort of stories did William shakespeare write?
Actually Shakespeare wrote very few stories. Most of his plays were written using stories other people had written. The stories he did write, like A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Tempest, were often fairy stories. He also wrote The Merry Wives of Windsor, which is a bawdy farce.
What sort of company did William shakespeare join?
He was a member of an acting company.
What motivated William Shakespeare to challenge his beliefs?
There is no reason to believe that Shakespeare "challenged his beliefs" in any way. His plays do not suggest that the official state religion was wrong, or that it might be a good idea to overthrow the queen, because to write that sort of thing would land you in the Clink (that was the actual name of the prison). Shakespeare never revealed what he actually thought about political or religious questions, because it would be too dangerous. Therefore we do not even know what his beliefs may have been.
Did Shakespeare write genre of plays?
No, Shakespeare wrote plays. Other people decided to sort them into genres.
Did William Shakespeare write musicals?
no, but some of his plays have been sort of adapted into musicals, like West Side Story-->Romeo and Juliet, and Kiss Me Kate--->Taming of the Shrew, Hamlet--->The Lion King
What sort of stories did William shakespeare write?
Actually Shakespeare wrote very few stories. Most of his plays were written using stories other people had written. The stories he did write, like A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Tempest, were often fairy stories. He also wrote The Merry Wives of Windsor, which is a bawdy farce.
What sort of company did William shakespeare join?
He was a member of an acting company.
What Sort of music used in shakespeare plays?
hard punk-rock
What sort of purse is William Shakespeare?
A silk one, made from a sow's ear.
What motivated William Shakespeare to challenge his beliefs?
There is no reason to believe that Shakespeare "challenged his beliefs" in any way. His plays do not suggest that the official state religion was wrong, or that it might be a good idea to overthrow the queen, because to write that sort of thing would land you in the Clink (that was the actual name of the prison). Shakespeare never revealed what he actually thought about political or religious questions, because it would be too dangerous. Therefore we do not even know what his beliefs may have been.
What is the theatre?
Chamberlains men were the actors, so they would play the nomal plays Shakespeare suggested. Shakespeare also sort of ushered in the Globe Theatre with his writings.
What organization deals specifically with Shakespearean issues?
There are a number of them, which deal with Shakespearean issues in different ways. The Folger Shakespeare Library deals mainly in old printed copies of the plays. The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust deals mainly with artifacts from Shakespeare's life. Some theatre companies, such as the Stratford Shakespearean Festival, are specifically concerned with performance of the plays. And of course there are outfits like the Shakespeare Oxford Society whose chief purpose is to discredit William Shakespeare by whatever means possible, which is a sort of Shakespearean issue.
What is the globe theatre?
Chamberlains men were the actors, so they would play the nomal plays Shakespeare suggested. Shakespeare also sort of ushered in the Globe theatre with his writings.
Who was the first person to ever write an idiom?
Nobody keeps records of that sort of thing, but Shakespeare invented a lot of idioms.
How did seneca influence William Shakespeare?
Seneca was a Latin playwright whose plays were probably studied by Shakespeare in school. Senecan tragedies tended to be gory, and it is thought that this was an influence on Titus Andronicus. They also tended to be talky, which might have influenced the player's speech in Hamlet, which has a distinctly Senecan ring to it. Hamlet is an intellectual snob, so he'd like this sort of thing.
