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	  <h3>Playwright and poet</h3>
	  <p>Written between the years of 1589&ndash;1614, Shakespeare's plays spanned tragedies, comedys, and historical works. Most of his plays were written during the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras and staged at the Globe Theatre and Blackfriars Theatre.</p>
	<p>Besides his plays, Shakespeare also wrote over 155 poems and sonnets.  Most of his sonnets were written for private eyes (though later collected into an anthology near the end of his life).  But during the plague of