William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright born in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564. He is considered the greatest writer in the English language and wrote famous plays such as Romeo and Juliet. In Romeo and Juliet, two young lovers from feuding families, the Montagues and the Capulets, meet at a masked ball and fall in love but cannot be together due to their families' rivalry. They secretly marry with the help of Friar Laurence but ultimately both die from a misunderstanding that leads each to believe the other is dead. Shakespeare had three children with his wife Anne Hathaway and retired to Stratford in 1613, dying there three years later.

1. William Shakespeare
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2. Biography
 Was an English poet and
playwright, widely regarded as the
greatest writer in the English
language and the world's pre-
eminent dramatist.
 He is often called England's national
poet and the "Bard of Avon"

3. Biography
 Shakespeare was born and brought up in Stratford-
upon-Avon. At the age of 18, he married Anne
Hathaway, with whom he had three children:
Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Between
1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in
London as an actor, writer, and part-owner of a
playing company called the Lord Chamberlain's
Men, later known as the King's Men. He appears to
have retired to Stratford around 1613 at age
49, where he died three years later. Few records of
Shakespeare's private life survive, and there has
been considerable speculation about such matters as
his physical appearance, sexuality, religious
beliefs, and whether the works attributed to him were
written by others.

4. Works
 Romeo and Julieta
 The story takes place in Verona, home to two
families who are rivals, the Montagues and
the Capulets. Romeo, sole heir of the
Montagues, enters without being invited to
the masked ball of the Capulets, where he
meets Juliet, the only daughter of the
Capulets both fall in love at first sight
Knowing that their parents never allow their
marriage, marry in secret, with the help of
Friar Laurence.