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Shakespeare has been known as "the Bard" since the eighteenth century. [2] One who idolizes Shakespeare is known as a bardolator. The term bardolatry , derived from Shakespeare's sobriquet "the Bard of Avon" and the Greek word latria "worship" (as in idolatry , worship of idols ), was coined by George Bernard Shaw in the preface to his ...
William Shakespeare (c. 23 [a] April 1564 – 23 April 1616) [b] was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. [3] [4] [5] He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "the Bard").
The Bard (1778) by Benjamin West. In Celtic cultures, a bard is an oral repository and professional story teller, verse-maker, music composer, oral historian and genealogist, employed by a patron (such as a monarch or chieftain) to commemorate one or more of the patron's ancestors and to praise the patron's own activities.
Shakespeare is as timely as ever. "The Tragedy of Macbeth," starring Denzel Washington in the title role, was nominated for three academy awards. HBO's series "Station Eleven," ...
Shakespeare's influence – in addition to his works, Shakespeare's legacy includes the ongoing performance of his plays, and his influence upon culture and the arts, extending from theatre and literature to present-day movies and the English language itself. Category:Adaptations of works by William Shakespeare
Royal Shakespeare Company’s co-artistic directors Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey unveiled their inaugural season at the Stratforn-upon-Avon institution
William Shakespeare (1564–1616), the Bard of Avon or the Bard; Robert Burns (1759–1796), the Bard of Ayrshire or the Bard; Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941), the Bard of Bengal; John Cooper Clarke (born 1949), the Bard of Salford; Richard Llwyd (1752–1835), the Bard of Snowdon; Thomas Rowley (poet) (1721–1796), the Bard of the Green ...
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