English dramatists and playwrights

had left his mother along with Polonius’s body. However, Claudius had found out and asked Hamlet to reveal where he hid Polonius body. Meanwhile, he was making arrangement for Hamlet to go England. In addition, Claudius had written a letter to the English court asking them to kill Hamlet when he arrived. In Denmark, Ophelia had become insane due to her father’s death. Laertes returned to Denmark to meet his sister and father, but wanted to find out what happen to his father. Claudius was the…

William Shakespeare was a playwright, poet, and actor during the Renaissance. Today he possesses two eminent and well-known titles—“the English national poet” and “the greatest dramatist of all time”. The Bard of Avon was not only influential during his time, but he still continues to inspire people today. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare creates an effective and famous comedy with his use of mistaken identity, irony, and the character Puck. During the Renaissance, a time of “rebirth”,…

Over 400 years ago, during the times of the Elizabethan Era, lived the greatest dramatist in the English Language. His great works of playwright and inspiring words of poetry made him one of the most widely known authors in England. William Shakespeare was a man of great talent writing 38 plays and 154 sonnets in his lifetime. He was born on April 23rd in the year of 1564 in Stratford-Upon-Avon and died 52 years later on the same date. Before he decided to spend the rest of his life writing,…

Tale-danda and became the centre of a controversy once again. Soon after the publication of Tale-danda, a play reading by the dramatist was organised at the Natya Shodh Sansthan, Kolkata. The spell of the drama was enhanced a hundredfold by Karnad’s expressive rendering. The question was raised by someone from the audience. Had any contemporary political event prompted the playwright…

In the United States 1848, Joseph C. Hart published a narrative called “The Romance Yachting”, the first written book, questioning Shakespeare’s authorship. On the contrary, James Shapiro, a Shakespeare scholar, spent 15 years writing a book to prove the opposite of Hart. People debating were either curious about the mysterious Shakespeare or loyal Shakespeare supporters and wanted to prove his innocence at all costs. This argument turned into a true conspiracy theory: Shakespeare couldn’t have…

HaComedy of Errors William Shakespeare, one of the famous playwrights in the world, wrote over 30 plays. Almost all of his plays are very well- known, such as Romeo and Juliet, All’s Well That Ends Well ,and Midsummer's Night Dream. Comedy of Errors is one of his earliest comedies. Comedy of Errors is one of Shakespeare’s most amusing plays due to the mistakes, the up and down adventure, and it's amazing, happy ending. William Shakespeare was a man with a dream and worked hard to achieve.…

Pinter’s mind was occupied by a room, a territorial space and power relations which is clearly manifested in his short prose-poem Kullus written at home in 1948. This sense of enclosed room and territorial battle, according to Billington is in association with “Fascist thugs in post-war Hackney” (27) where Pinter and his comrades used to clash with hooligans for survival. (No editing required) Pinter’s acute sense of imagination was flourished in poetry, many of which he composed during this…

In the Shakespeare play, Macbeth, two kings are killed because they are not good kings. There seems to be only a few important characteristics a good king should have to be well-liked by his people and to be good for his people. I believe a good king must be smart and well-informed to what is going on over the land that they rule, loyal to his people as they are to him, and he must not abuse his power and take advantage of the people below him. Duncan was killed by Macbeth because he was unaware…

1564, he was an english playwright, poet, translator of the elizabethan era. He was born to shoemaker John Marlowe. He was just two months older to his contemporary William Shakespeare. He was educated at King’s school Canterbury and at the Cambridge University. He was the foremost elizabethan tragedian of his day. Christopher Marlowe, he was the greatest dramatist of the medieval period. Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus was based on German Faustbuch. Marlowe’s career as a dramatist must…

Despite the struggle that William Shakespeare endured throughout his life he still managed to become an influential historian, and become successful regardless of his financial, family and career problems. He had a very different childhood than most think he had, and growing up in the Elizabethan era wasn’t the easiest for him either. He took the word success to a whole new level in his time and left a huge impact on the world of theatre as a whole. Shakespeare has been known for his strong…