About Shakespeare- William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright, and actor.
He was born on 26 April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. His father was a successful
businessman and his mother was the daughter of a landowner/farmer. He wrote
about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses
Plot
It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Setting is Denmark
The play is about Prince Hamlet and his attempts to take revenge against his uncle,
Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet's father in order to take his throne and marry
Hamlet's mother.
Genre
Tragedy, revenge tragedy