莎士比亞的代表作有四大悲劇：《哈姆雷特》(英：Hamlet)、《奧賽羅》（英：Othello)、《李爾王》（英：King Lear）、《麥克白》（英：Mac Beth）。著名喜劇：《仲夏夜之夢》《威尼斯商人》《第十二夜》《皆大歡喜》（《As you like it》）。歷史劇：《亨利四世》《亨利五世》《查理二世》。正劇、悲喜劇：《羅密歐與朱麗葉》。還寫過154首十四行詩，二首長詩。本·瓊森稱他為“時代的靈魂”，馬克思稱他和古希臘的埃斯庫羅斯為“人類最偉大的戲劇天才”。雖然莎士比亞只用英文寫作，但他卻是世界著名作家。他的大部分作品都已被譯成多種文字，其劇作也在許多國家上演。儒略歷1616年4月23日（公歷1616年5月3日）病逝，出生日期與逝世日期恰好相同。莎士比亞和意大利著名數學家、物理學家、天文學家和哲學家、近代實驗科學的先驅者伽利略同壹年出生。被人們尊稱為“莎翁”。初中選文《威尼斯商人》.高中選文《哈姆萊特》《羅密歐與朱麗葉（節選）》。
Shakespeare (W., William, Shakespeare, 1564~1616), great playwright and poet of the English Renaissance, master of European Renaissance humanism literature.
Shakespeare is the representative of the four tragedies: "Hamlett" (English: Hamlet), "Osero" (English: Othello), "King Lear" (English: King Lear), "Macbeth" (English: Mac Beth). Famous comedy: "midsummer night's dream", "merchant of Venice", "Twelfth Nights", "everyone happy" ("As you like it"). Historical play: "Henry IV", "Henry V", "Charlie II". Drama, tragedy and comedy: "Romeo and Juliet". He also wrote 154 sonnets, two long poem. Ben Jonsson called him "the soul of the times", and Marx called him "the greatest drama genius of mankind" with Askew Ross of ancient greece". Although Shakespeare writes only in English, he is a famous writer in the world. Most of his works have been translated into a variety of languages, and their plays have also been staged in many countries. Julian calendar April 23, 1616 (Gregorian calendar May 3, 1616) died, date of birth and death date exactly the same. Shakespeare was born in the same year as the famous mathematician, physicist, astronomer and philosopher of Italy, pioneer of modern experimental science. It is called "Shakespeare" by people". Junior high school texts. "The merchant of Venice" high school text "Hamlet" "Romeo and Juliet" (excerpt).