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Shakespeare 400 Years Old The Bard’s Enduring Influence
Celebrating William Shakespeare born 1564 famed as greatest writer. The Bard of Avon rose from Stratford youth to London theater to craft language that shapes modern English. Despite theories about authorship, most scholars credit him. Marlowe Jonson and Bacon were his contemporaries.
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