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Shakespearean

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Shake·speare  (shkspîr), William 1564-1616.
English playwright and poet whose body of works is considered the greatest in English literature. His plays, many of which were performed at the Globe Theater in London, include historical works, such as Richard II, comedies, including Much Ado about Nothing and As You Like It, and tragedies, such as Hamlet, Othello, and King Lear. He also composed 154 sonnets. The earliest collected edition of his plays, the First Folio, contained 36 plays and was published posthumously (1623).

Shake·speare·an, Shake·speari·an adj. & n.

Shakespearean, Shakespearian [ʃeɪkˈspɪərɪən]
adj
(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) of, relating to, or characteristic of William Shakespeare, the English dramatist and poet (1564-1616), or his works
n
(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a student of or specialist in Shakespeare's works
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Noun1.Shakespearean - a Shakespearean scholar
bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student - a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
Adj.1.Shakespearean - of or relating to William Shakespeare or his works; "Shakespearean plays"
Translations
Shakespearean, Shakespearian
adjshakespearesch, shakespearisch; Shakespearean actorShakespeare-Schauspieler m; a tragedy of Shakespearean proportionseine Tragödie, die eines Shakespeare würdig ist or wäre
nShakespeareforscher(in) m(f)
Shakespearean Shakespearian [ʃeɪksˈpɪərɪən] adjshakespeariano/a


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