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He is famous as a writer of plays and poetry.
Given that William Shakespeare is generally considered to be the greatest writer in the English language, the extraordinary thing about his plays would be how well written they are. It might also be the great length of time for which they have continued to be popular.
There are literally books full of Shakespeare quotes.
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William Shakespere was VERY famous with thousands of works and Desiderius Erasmus wrote The Praise of the Folly which was very famous
shakespeare is famous for plays
How famous is famous? Many people in London knew about his plays when he was only about 28 years old, in 1592, when Robert Greene published a satirical pamphlet quoting from one of Shakespeare's plays. Shakespeare had probably only written three or four plays at that time, but he was making his name. At the time of his retirement in 1613, Shakespeare was probably London's best-known playwright. Although considered old-fashioned by the theatregoers of the late 17th century, by 1769 when actor/producer David Garrick staged a "Shakespeare Jubilee", Shakespeare was well on his way to being considered the greatest writer in the English language. His fame just kept growing and growing, so that nowadays there can hardly be anyone on the planet who has not heard of him and the plays he wrote.
Probably the most famous are Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet; those are the two everybody seems to have heard of. Hamlet is also considered to be one of Shakespeare's greatest plays along with King Lear, Macbeth and Othello. Romeo and Juliet does not usually make this list. There is a prejudice in favour of Shakespeare's tragedies; for some reason a lot of people seem to think that sad plays are "greater" than happy ones.
Shakespeare's early fame was based on his Henry VI plays and on the long erotic poem Venus and Adonis. Throughout a long career he steadily established himself as one of the greatest playwrights ever, if not the greatest. That is why he got so famous.
Shakespeare was famous for his plays and his poems and his sonnets.
The poems and plays of William Shakespeare are representative of the English Renaissance. Shakespeare's works, such as "Romeo and Juliet," "Hamlet," and "Macbeth," are considered some of the greatest achievements of English literature during this period.
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Pick any one of his greatest plays.
He is famous for writing plays.
He is famous as a writer of plays and poetry.
He is famous as a writer of plays and poetry.