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English

write about achivement of William Shakespeare ~2026-30312 (talk) 13:49, 2 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:Do your own homework. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 13:52, 2 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Tragedies

Wondering why the original Wikipedia page did not include Romeo and Juliet when it named the other tragedies of Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth?? ~2026-83830-4 (talk) 05:58, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

By original Wikipedia page you mean? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:18, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I expect the OP is asking about the third paragraph of the lede. If so the answer seems to be that the writer is trying to divide Shakespeare's work into broad periods, and in this sentence is referring to the early seventeenth century, up to ~1608. Romeo and Juliet doesn't belong there because it was written earlier. (If I've understood the question correctly?) AndyJones (talk) 09:16, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Shakespeare/Hot articles is working again. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:17, 10 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Section critical reputation

I was reading the critical reputation and was thinking that it really downplays his reputation from when he was alive when he did develop a fair amount of fame performing for several kings. Catatfrommarvelrivals (talk) 17:02, 24 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Do you think so? The section says that, while not receiving the adulation he later gained, he was highly regarded in his lifetime. It then quotes three contemporary commentators who praised his work, including Jonson’s “not of an age but for all time”. I’m not sure I’d describe that as “downplaying his reputation”. If you have a reliable source you want to include that goes further, then post it here and I’m sure you will get some responses. But remember the article seeks to cover his, extraordinarily productive, life and works in summary style, so much has to be excluded. KJP1 (talk) 20:56, 24 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I should have been more specific but I meant because it opens saying "He was not revered in his lifetime" and while it does go to state a number of things for how he was highly regarded I just believe this to be a bit of a misinforming way to open the paragraph that's all. Catatfrommarvelrivals (talk) 15:21, 25 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]