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    The late romances, often simply called the romances, are a grouping of William Shakespeare's last plays, comprising Pericles, Prince of Tyre; Cymbeline;...
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    conventions, and has introduced the term romances for what scholars believe to be his later comedies. When Shakespeare first arrived in London in the late...
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    tragicomedies (also known as romances) such as The Winter's Tale and The Tempest, and collaborated with other playwrights. Many of Shakespeare's plays were published...
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    generally recognised to be Shakespeare's own. Plays marked with an asterisk (*) are now commonly referred to as the romances. Plays marked with two asterisks...
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    of being human. Romance: Shakespeare's romantic narrative appears in the characters themselves and the island setting. Often, romances involve exotic and...
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    Anne Shakespeare (née Hathaway; 1556 – 6 August 1623) was the wife of William Shakespeare, an English poet, playwright and actor. They were married in...
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    are almost always classified as tragedies rather than histories. Shakespeare's romances (tragicomic plays) were written late in his career and published...
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    Shakespeare's works Shakespeare's late romances Shakespeare plays in quarto Shakespearean problem play Translations of works by William Shakespeare Shakespearean...
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    wider acclaim for her role as Viola de Lesseps in the historical romance Shakespeare in Love (1998) which earned her the Academy Award for Best Actress...
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    associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 at Southwark, close to the south bank of the Thames, by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord...
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