William Shakspere

Mr. Pointon's book sets out to prove that "William Shakspere" an illiterate player and tradesman from Stratford never wrote the poems and plays credited to the pseudonym "William Shakespeare."

Twelve Months of Reading 2011

Mr. Pointon's book sets out to prove that "William Shakspere" an illiterate player and tradesman from Stratford never wrote the poems and plays credited to the pseudonym "William Shakespeare."

Twelve Months of Reading 2011

It would be a flagrant presumption and a specimen of magnificent audacity for any man, but myself, to attempt, to give anything new about the personal and literary character of William Shakspere!

Shakspere, Personal Recollections John A. Joyce

The instruction of Hamlet to the players is the most conclusive evidence that William Shakspere was not only the greatest dramatic author, but an actor and orator of matchless mould.

Shakspere, Personal Recollections John A. Joyce

Plucking the "rosy" dame aside, I informed her that William Shakspere was a poet, author, actor and philosopher; and, while he was posing over the counter, smiling at a blooming barmaid, he looked the picture of his own immortal Romeo.

Shakspere, Personal Recollections John A. Joyce

"We are honored to-night by the presence of William Shakspere, our most loyal and intellectual subject, who will now address you in logic and philosophy from his own matchless plays."

Shakspere, Personal Recollections John A. Joyce

As has been said, [Footnote: Professor Barrett Wendell, 'William Shakspere,' p. 36.] 'Tamburlaine' expresses with 'a profound, lasting, noble sense and in grandly symbolic terms, the eternal tragedy inherent in the conflict between human aspiration and human power. '

A History of English Literature Robert Huntington Fletcher

The gentle reader (of course) will excuse this enthusiastic digression from the story of Queen Bess and my soul friend William Shakspere.

Shakspere, Personal Recollections John A. Joyce

William Shakspere, by universal consent the greatest author of England, if not of the world, occupies chronologically a central position in the Elizabethan drama.

A History of English Literature Robert Huntington Fletcher

William Shakspere was born on the 23d of April, 1564, at the town of

Shakspere, Personal Recollections John A. Joyce