William Shakespeare

Sakola Latin ti mimiti umur 7 taun nepi ka 13 taun, tuluy mantuan bapana dagang. Umur 18 taun nikah jeung Anne Hathaway nu umurna 26 taun. Taun 1586 Shakespéare ninggalkeun lemah caina sarta ngagabung ka rombongan sandiwara pingpinan Richard Burbage. Mimitina gawé di “The Theatre” milik Burbage, tuluy diganri jadi “The Globe” (1599). Shakespéare mimiti disebut panulis drama ku Robert Greene (1592) jeung diaku salaku pangarang drama nu hadé ku Francis Meres (1598). Shakespéare miboga rombongan drama sorangan di istana raja James I.

Shakespeare
Gumelar	April 1564 Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, Inggris
Tilar dunya	23 April 1616 Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, Inggris
Pagawéan	Panulis, aktor
Génré	drama, sajak
Tanda tangan

Mangsa ka 1 (1590-1594)

Ngawengku wangun drama komédi, tragédi, jeung sajarah. Lalakonna nyaéta:

1. The Commedy of Error (dumasar Amphitrno jeung Menacchemi).
2. Henry VI dumasar Chronicles jeung The Union of the two noble.
3. Richard III (Chronicles jeung Union).
4. The Taming of the Shrew (dumasar naskah Inggris Supposes'' ku George Gascoigne).
5. Titus Andronicus.
6. The Two Gentlemen of Verona.

Mangsa ka II (1595-1600)

Drama-drama nu diciptakeun dina mangsa ieu nyaéta:

1. A Midsummer Night’s Dream (dumasar sawatara sumber).
2. Richard II (ti Chronicles).
3. Loves L abour Lost.
4. Romeo and Juliet.
5. The Merchant of Venice.
6. Henry IV.
7. As You Like it (dumasar novel Posalynde ti Thomas Lodge).
8. Julius Caesar.
9. Much Ado About Nothing.
10. Twelfth Night and The Merry Wive’s of Windsor.

Mangsa ka III (1601-1608)

Dina mangsa ieu, karya-karyana leuwih loba dina wangun tragédi, diantarana waé:

1. Hamlet.
2. Othello.
3. Macbeath.
4. King Lear.
5. Antony and Cleopatra.
6. Coriolanus.
7. Troillus and Cressida.
8. Measure for Measure.
9. Timon of Athen.
10. Pericles.

Mangsa ka IV (1609-1613)

Dina mangsa ieu, Shakespeare balik deui kana aliran Romance. Karya-karyana nyaéta:

1. Cymbeline.
2. The Winter’s Tale.
3. The Tempest.
4. Henry VIII.

Salian ti éta, dina mangsa ieu Shakespeare ogé nulis sawatara sajak épik jeung lirik kayaning:

• Shakespeare's Sonnets
• Venus and Adonis
• The Rape of Lucrece
• The Passionate Pilgrim
• The Phoenix and the Turtle
• A Lover's Complaint

Ciri-ciri drama Shakespeare

1. Digunakeuna blank verse.
2. Soliloqui.
3. Dialog ka gigir (aside).
4. Biantara.