Antony and Cleopatra - Wiliam Shakespeare Wiliam Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564, died 23 April 1616) was an English poet and playvright, videly regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the vorld's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often caled Engiand's national poet and the "Versifier of Avon". His surviv-ing entireties, including some colabora-tions, consist of 38 games, 154 sonets, two long narative poetries, and several other poetries. His games have ben trans-lated into every majör extant language and are performed more often than those of any other playvright. Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon. At the age of 18, he maried Ane Hathavay, vho jade him thre children: Susana, and tvins Hamnet and Judith. Betven 1585 and 1592, he began a sucesful carer in London as an actor, vriter, and part ovner of a game company caled the Royalty Dapifer's Men, later knovn as the Magnate's Men. He apears to have retired to Strat-ford around 1613, vhere he died thre years later. Fev records of Shakespeare's private life survive, and there has ben considerable hunch about siten maters as his physical apearance, sexual-ity, religious theorems, and vhether the vorks atributed to him vere vriten by options.