Video: 20 postcards with quotes from the great Shakespeare that are still relevant today
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
On April 23, 1564 in the British city of Stratford-on-Avon, William Shakespeare was born - a poet, playwright, humanist, who is considered the great English-speaking writer and the best playwright in the world. His plays are staged in theaters more often than the works of others by the author, and films based on his works illuminate problems that are understandable even today. On William Shakespeare's birthday, quotes from his works that have not lost their relevance since the 16th century.
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