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A Long and Illustrious HistoryThe Tudors and Stuarts

Which playwright, famous during the Elizabethan era, wrote plays including Hamlet, Macbeth and A Midsummer Night's Dream?

  1. Christopher Marlowe
  2. John Milton
  3. William Shakespeare
  4. Ben Jonson

Why this is the correct answer

William Shakespeare is universally recognised as the greatest playwright of the Elizabethan era, producing works including Hamlet, Macbeth, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. His writing shaped the English language and continues to be performed worldwide more than 400 years after his death.

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