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Imagine that you are preparing a project with your friend. You have found some interesting material for the presentation and you want to read this text to your friend. You have 1.5 minutes to read the text silently, then be ready to read it out aloud. You will not have more than 1.5 minutes to read it.

William Shakespeare was a poet and a playwright and is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language. He was born in central England in 1564 and he died in 1616. He is best known for his plays, which have been translated into every major language and are performed more than those of any other playwright in the world. Maybe you've heard of his play Hamlet. It is about revenge and also about how difficult it is to take action sometimes, even when it is important. The famous quotation ‘To be or not to be, that is the question’ comes from this play.

Shakespeare’s work is still very popular today. But why do we like these old plays? Perhaps it is because they all contain fantastic stories. His characters suffer bloody battles, death by poison, huge family fights, problems between siblings, or parents and children... The plays are also full of parties, weddings and funerals. They are quite simply action-packed.