William Shakespeare ：(1564-1616)

Stratford-on-Avon

Stratford-on-Avon

Introduction to Shakespeare

•great playwright in British history. •1st play at the age of 26. •37 plays to the world• a great master of English language. •“ Shakespeare didn’t belong to his century, but belong to all centuries.” • -----Ben Johnson

Former Residence of Shakespeare

-As you like it

-The Merchant of Venice

-A Midsummer Night's Dream

-Twelfth Night

-Hamlet

-King Lear

-Macbeth

-Othello

-Romeo and Juliet

-Henry V

-Henry VIII

-Richard II

-Richard III

-Sonnets

Comedy History

Tragedy

Poetry

Enjoy the quotation

from Shakespeare

plays

That is a question whether to

live on in this world or to die,

that is, to take action or to do

nothing.

1. To be or not to be; that is the question.

Quotation

A person who has great

responsibilities, such as a king,

is constantly worried and

therefore doesn’t sleep soundly.

2. Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

Quotation

It is best not to lend (money) to

others and not to borrow from

others. When we lend something,

we risk losing both the thing and

the friendship.

3. Neither a borrower nor a lender be.

Quotation

4. All the world is a stage, and all the men and women are merely players.

5. Let the end try the man.

6. Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

Other quotations

The Rose Theater: Elizabethan Playhouse

The Stage

More about Shakespeare

http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/X4CUEev8Jsc/中文版

The Soliloquy of Hamlet

http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/Ou70O5DzQeo/英文版

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