Subject: The Life and work of Shakespeare. Plan: introduction biography of William Shakespeare London and theatre career

 

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Conclusion 
It is assumed that half of Shakespeare (18) was published in one way or another 
during the life of the playwright. The folio of 1623 (referred to as the"First folio"), 
published by Edward Blount and William Jaggard, is considered the most important 
edition of Shakespeare's legacy; printers Worrall and Col. This edition includes 36 
of Shakespeare's plays - all except "Pericles" and "two noble Cousins". It is this 
publication that is based on all research in the field of Shakespeare. 
This project was done through the efforts of Shakespeare's friends and 
colleagues John Hemings and Henry Condell. The book is preceded by an address 
to readers on behalf of Hemings and Condell, as well as a poetic dedication to 
Shakespeare by playwright Ben Jonson, who contributed to the publication of “the 
First folio”. 
When the theatres were closed in 1593 and 1594 due to the plague, Shakespeare 
created two erotic poems: "Venus and Adonis" and "Lucretia the shameful" . The 
poems were dedicated to Henry Risley, Earl of Southampton . In" Venus and 
Adonis", the innocent Adonis rejects Venus ' sexual advances-while Lucretia 
Dishonored Lucretia is raped by her virtuous wife Tarquinius. Influenced by Ovid's 
Metamorphoses, the lyrics show the guilt and dire consequences of uncontrolled 
love. Both poems became popular and were reprinted several times during 
Shakespeare's lifetime. A third poem," moaning in love", in which a girl complains 
of an obscene liar, was printed in the first edition of sonnets in 1609. Most scholars 
now agree that Shakespeare wrote"the groan of lovers". The poem "The Phoenix and 
the Dove", published in 1601 in Robert Chester's collection "the martyr of Love", is 
an account of the sad death of the mythological phoenix qiladi.va his beloved, 
faithful dove. In 1599, two of Shakespeare's sonnets were printed on Shakespeare's 
behalf, but without his consent, in“ the passionate Pilgrim”. 

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