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He was born in Stratford upon Avon.
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He married Anne Hathaway, 8 years his senior
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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.
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His early plays were mainly comedies and histories. These works remain regarded as some of the best work produced in these genres
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He wrote mainly tragedies, including Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth, considered some of the finest works in the English language.
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He wrote tragicomedies, also known as romances, and collaborated with other playwrights
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