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William Shakespeare (baptized 26 April 1564, died 23 April 1616[[note]] {both dates are from the old Julian Calendar, used in England throughout his life. The modern, Gregorian calendar wasn't invented until 1582; under it his death date would be May 3rd}[[/note]]), [[SmallReferencePools the only playwright who most people can name]], has been a major influence on English language fiction for 400 years. And while most people nowadays only know his plays through PopculturalOsmosis or [[MediaNotes/SchoolStudyMedia English class]], the tropes he either invented or popularized (to say nothing of the significant portion of the English language that he pioneered) are still with us today.
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William Shakespeare (baptized 26 April 1564, died 23 April 1616[[note]] {both 1616[[note]]both dates are from the old Julian Calendar, used in England throughout his life. The Under the modern, Gregorian calendar, the dates are May 6th and May 3rd respectively, although the former date is proleptic as the Gregorian calendar wasn't was not invented until 1582; under it his death date would be May 3rd}[[/note]]), 1582[[/note]]), [[SmallReferencePools the only playwright who most people can name]], has been a major influence on English language fiction for 400 years. And while most people nowadays only know his plays through PopculturalOsmosis or [[MediaNotes/SchoolStudyMedia English class]], the tropes he either invented or popularized (to say nothing of the significant portion of the English language that he pioneered) are still with us today.
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** ''[[Film/KingLear2018 King Lear]]'' (2018)
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William Shakespeare (baptized 26 April 1564, died 23 April 1616[[note]] {both dates are from the old Julian Calendar, used in England throughout his life – translated to the modern calendar, it would be May 6th and May 3rd respectively}[[/note]]), [[SmallReferencePools the only playwright who most people can name]], has been a major influence on English language fiction for 400 years. And while most people nowadays only know his plays through PopculturalOsmosis or [[MediaNotes/SchoolStudyMedia English class]], the tropes he either invented or popularized (to say nothing of the significant portion of the English language that he pioneered) are still with us today.
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William Shakespeare (baptized 26 April 1564, died 23 April 1616[[note]] {both dates are from the old Julian Calendar, used in England throughout his life – translated to the modern calendar, life. The modern, Gregorian calendar wasn't invented until 1582; under it his death date would be May 6th and May 3rd respectively}[[/note]]), 3rd}[[/note]]), [[SmallReferencePools the only playwright who most people can name]], has been a major influence on English language fiction for 400 years. And while most people nowadays only know his plays through PopculturalOsmosis or [[MediaNotes/SchoolStudyMedia English class]], the tropes he either invented or popularized (to say nothing of the significant portion of the English language that he pioneered) are still with us today.
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Notably, the theory has attracted many high-profile supporters, including such luminaries like Creator/WaltWhitman, Creator/CharlesDickens, Creator/RalphWaldoEmerson, Creator/MarkTwain, UsefulNotes/SigmundFreud, Creator/DerekJacobi, Creator/OrsonWelles, Creator/JimJarmusch, Creator/CharlieChaplin, Creator/RolandEmmerich (who made a [[Film/{{Anonymous}} whole goddamn film]] about the theory), Creator/JohnByrne, Creator/KeanuReeves, Creator/JohnGielgud, UsefulNotes/MalcolmX, at least two recent members of the [[UsefulNotes/AmericanCourts US Supreme Court]] (John Paul Stevens and Antonin Scalia, to be exact, and possibly the only thing they ever agreed on), and others. The Authorship Question has a few [[http://shakespeareauthorship.org/ adherents]] from Shakespeare scholarship, such as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Stritmatter Roger Stritmatter]], Oxfordian Shakespeare scholar [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicia_Hardison_Londr%C3%A9 Felicia Londre]], and former director of Shakespeare’s Globe Creator/MarkRylance, but they are very rare.\\
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Notably, the theory has attracted many high-profile supporters, including such luminaries like Creator/WaltWhitman, Creator/CharlesDickens, Creator/RalphWaldoEmerson, Creator/MarkTwain, UsefulNotes/SigmundFreud, Creator/DerekJacobi, Creator/OrsonWelles, Creator/JimJarmusch, Creator/CharlieChaplin, Creator/RolandEmmerich (who made a [[Film/{{Anonymous}} [[Film/Anonymous2011 whole goddamn film]] about the theory), Creator/JohnByrne, Creator/KeanuReeves, Creator/JohnGielgud, UsefulNotes/MalcolmX, at least two recent members of the [[UsefulNotes/AmericanCourts US Supreme Court]] (John Paul Stevens and Antonin Scalia, to be exact, and possibly the only thing they ever agreed on), and others. The Authorship Question has a few [[http://shakespeareauthorship.org/ adherents]] from Shakespeare scholarship, such as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Stritmatter Roger Stritmatter]], Oxfordian Shakespeare scholar [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicia_Hardison_Londr%C3%A9 Felicia Londre]], and former director of Shakespeare’s Globe Creator/MarkRylance, but they are very rare.\\
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William Shakespeare (baptized 26 April 1564, died 23 April 1616[[note]] {both dates are from the old Julian Calendar, used in England throughout his life – translated to the modern calendar, it would be May 6th and May 3rd respectively}[[/note]]), [[SmallReferencePools the only playwright who most people can name]], has been a major influence on English language fiction for 400 years. And while most people nowadays only know his plays through PopculturalOsmosis or [[UsefulNotes/SchoolStudyMedia [[MediaNotes/SchoolStudyMedia English class]], the tropes he either invented or popularized (to say nothing of the significant portion of the English language that he pioneered) are still with us today.
