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The Death of Shakespeare

William Shakespeare, 1564-1616. c 1907

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Facsimile of one of William Henry Ireland's forgeries, a primitive self-portrait of William Shakespeare(tinted engraving). Published for Samuel Ireland, Norfolk Street, Strand, December 1, 1795. (W.H. Ireland, forgery)

The Time a Law Clerk Successfully Forged a New Shakespeare Play to Impress His Dad

poem. A poet in a Heian period kimono writes Japanese poetry during the Kamo Kyokusui No En Ancient Festival at Jonan-gu shrine on April 29, 2013 in Kyoto, Japan. Festival of Kyokusui-no Utage orignated in 1,182, party Heian era (794-1192).

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Scene from the motion picture "Romeo and Juliet" with Olivia Hussey (Juliet) and Leonard Whiting (Romeo), 1968; directed by Franco Zeffirelli.

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US Marines firing at Fallujah, Iraq, during the Second Battle of Fallujah in November 2004. Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq War.

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7 of the World’s Deadliest Plants

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How Deadly Is Quicksand?

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Ethel Rosenberg arrested in August 1950. Photograph dated Aug. 8, 1950. American civilians executed for espionage. Spies, communists, Julius Rosenberg

Spies Like Us: 10 Famous Names in the Espionage Game

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American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

English author

Joaquín Álvarez Quintero

Spanish writer

Howard Lindsay

American playwright

Iancu Văcărescu

Romanian author

Harry Leon Wilson

American writer

Charles Gordone

American playwright

Rolf Hochhuth

German writer

Serafín Álvarez Quintero

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Rachel Field

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Russel Crouse

American dramatist

Jason Miller

American actor and playwright

Mary Coyle Chase

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Ion of Chios

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Hungarian mathematician and writer

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Samuel Johnson

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Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

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Miguel de Cervantes

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Irish author Oscar Wilde, photograph (albumen silver print)by Napoleon Sarony, 1882.

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William Shakespeare and Lord Chamberlain's Men performing "Love's Labour's Lost" for Queen Elizabeth I, from the Works of William Shakespeare; etching, dated c. mid-19th century.

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Pamela having divided her clothes into three bundles..., etching and engraving by Guillaume Philippe Benoist, 1745. Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded (1740) by Samuel Richardson.

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