Omas William Shakespeare Anniversary Limited Edition Solid Gold Rollerball Pen
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In 1564 William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, the son of a prosperous glover. Educated at the local grammar school, he received a thorough education in classical literature, reading that would influence his own writings in later life. His profound understanding of the human condition and unmatched ability with words led him to London and the theatre during its most brilliant period in England, the Elizabethan Renaissance. By 1592 he was recognised as a significant playwright; by his death, as the outstanding dramatist of an extraordinary age. Today he is accepted as the greatest ever playwright, speaking to all ages and cultures.
His humanity, wit and intellect were the grounding for the unmatched skill of his writing, but his colleagues also had high respect for his draftsmanship, without which all might have been as nothing. The editors of the First Folio, John Heminges and Henry Condell, elegantly sum up these complementary skills in their introduction to the First Folio: “Who, as he was a happie imitator of Nature, was a most gentle expresser of it. His mind and hand went together: And what he thought, he uttered with that easinesse, that wee have scarse received from him a blot in his papers.”
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