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"[|William Shakespeare.]" __The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition__. 2008. //Encyclopedia.com.// 2 May. 2010 <[]>.
 * 1) Both English and Non-English countries both preform his plays

Mabillard, Amanda. "Shakespeare Online". May 2, 2010 .
 * 1) Was the most known storyteller the world has ever seen
 * 2) Lots of the more common expressions now thought to be overused were created by him
 * 3) Told every kind of story
 * 4) Wrote comedy, tragedy, history, melodrama, adventure, love stories and fairy tales
 * 5) Shakespeare is inspired by actors
 * 6) Many actors consider playing a Shakespearean character to be the hardest and most rewarding role possible
 * 7) "I wish you were dead as a door-nail" famous quote
 * 8) If you have seen better days
 * 9) Shakespeare's work is why John Bartlett made the first major book of familiar quotations.
 * 10) Shakespeare had a huge effect on the advancement of the English language
 * 11) influenced many major authors
 * 12) His plays were made into movies

SIRS Discoverer. May 2, 2010 .
 * 1) comedy had the main character falling in love and learning a lesson
 * 2) tragedy had the main character falling in love and dying
 * 3) history plays came from a story from England's royal past
 * 4) made 154 sonnets
 * 5) 18 comedies
 * 6) 10 tragedies
 * 7) 10 histories
 * 8) invented over 2000 words
 * 9) all plays were made into films
 * 10) 90% of all Americans are required to study Shakespeare
 * 11) told lots of kinds of stories