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[[Image:Foliou.jpg|right|thumb|Portrait of William Shakespeare on the cover of the First Folio (1623), the first collected edition of his plays]]
'''William Shakespeare''' (1564-1616) is conventionally regarded as the greatest English-language playwright of all time. Many of his plays are required reading in many U. S. school curricula; those taught in schools often include [[Romeo and Juliet]], [[Macbeth]], [[A Midsummer Night's Dream]] and [[Hamlet]].
'''William Shakespeare''' (1564-1616) is conventionally regarded as the greatest English-language playwright of all time. Many of his plays are required reading in many U. S. school curricula; those taught in schools often include [[Romeo and Juliet]], [[Macbeth]], [[A Midsummer Night's Dream]] and [[Hamlet]].