William Shakespeare - Playwright, Poet and Actor (1564 - 1616)

House Shakespeare is named after William Shakespeare. Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright and actor. He is the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s greatest dramatist. He follows the RTS motto, ‘excellence through endeavour’, because he had to rewrite his stories over and over                                             again to make them perfect. Written by RTS Student Council

• Regarded as the greatest writer in the English language

• Described as ‘The Bard’

• Wrote 39 plays and 154 poems

• His plays were categorized as comedies, comedies and tragedies

• Invented words that became part of the English language