Why Shakespeare? Many people believe William Shakespeare is the best British writer of all time. His many works are about life, love, death, revenge, grief, jealousy, murder, magic and mystery. He wrote the blockbuster plays of his day - some of his most famous are The Tempest, The Merchant of Venice, Macbeth, King Lear, The Taming of the Shrew, Romeo and Juliet, and Hamlet. Shakespeare is still regarded the greatest dramatist, the greatest poet and the greatest prose writer in the history of the English language.
