William Shakespeare
Writer, Othello

William Shakespeare lived for fifty-two years, and in that time produced approximately forty plays that we know of, as well as sonnets and poems, which together form the greatest, most compelling body of work in the English language. Shakespeare’s works have been translated into every major language and his plays continue to be performed throughout the world.

The Two Gentlemen of Verona and The Comedy of Errors (Late 1580s); King John, Henry VI Part I, Titus Andronicus, Henry VI Part II, Henry VI Part III, The Taming of the Shrew and Richard III (Early 1590s); Love’s Labour’s Lost, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Richard II, The Merchant of Venice and Henry IV Part I (Mid 1590s); The Merry Wives of Windsor, Henry IV Part II, Much Ado About Nothing, Henry V, As You Like It and Julius Caesar (Late 1590s); Troilus and Cressida, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, All’s Well That Ends Well, Othello and Measure for Measure (Early 1600s); Timon of Athens, King Lear and Macbeth (Mid 1600s); Pericles, Coriolanus Antony and Cleopatra, The Winter’s Tale and Cymbeline (Late 1600s); The Tempest, Two Noble Kinsmen and Henry VII (After 1610).