![]() His plays with approximate dates of composition are: Henry VI, Parts I–III (1590) Richard III (1592) The Comedy of Errors (1592) Titus Andronicus (1593) The Taming of the Shrew (1593) The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1594) Love's Labour's Lost (1594) Romeo and Juliet (1594) Richard II (1595) A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595) King John (1596) The Merchant of Venice (1596) Henry IV, Parts I–II (1597) Much Ado about Nothing (1598) Henry V (1598) Julius Caesar (1599) As You Like It (1599) Twelfth Night (1599) Hamlet (1600) The Merry Wives of Windsor (1600) Troilus and Cressida (1601) All's Well that ends Well (1602) Measure for Measure (1604) Othello (1604) King Lear (1605) Macbeth (1605) Antony and Cleopatra (1606) Coriolanus (1607) Timon of Athens (1607) Pericles (1608) Cymbeline (1609) The Winter's Tale (1610) The Tempest (1611) and, possibly in collaboration with John Fletcher, Two Noble Kinsmen (1612) and Henry VIII (1612). He was born and died at Stratford-upon-Avon but spent most of his life as an actor and playwright in London. The tartness of his face sours ripe grapes.William.Thou hateful wither’d hag! ( Richard III).That trunk of humours, that bolting-hutch of beastliness, that swollen parcel of dropsies, that huge bombard of sack, that stuffed cloak-bag of guts, that roasted Manningtree ox with pudding in his belly, that reverend vice, that grey Iniquity, that father ruffian, that vanity in years? ( Henry IV).A theatre festival for Nassau and the world. Out of my sight! Thou dost infect my eyes. Shakespeare in Paradise, Nassau City, New Providence, Bahamas.No longer from head to foot than from hip to hip, she is spherical, like a globe, I could find out countries in her.Here are some ways that characters attack each other’s looks in arguments and tense moments. Shakespeare had no problem stooping to the lowest level when it came to crafting his insults. You starveling, you eel-skin, you dried neat’s-tongue, you bull’s-pizzle, you stock-fish–O for breath to utter what is like thee!-you tailor’s-yard, you sheath, you bow-case, you vile standing tuck! ( Henry IV, Part I).Bloody, bawdy villain! Remorseless, treacherous, lecherous, kindless villain! ( Hamlet).Thou elvish-mark’d, abortive, rooting hog! ( Richard III).Away, you three-inch fool! ( The Taming of the Shrew). ![]() Dissembling harlot, thou art false in all.The rankest compound of villainous smell that ever offended nostril.Thou art a boil, a plague sore, an embossed carbuncle in my corrupted blood.You have such a February face, so full of frost, of storm and cloudiness.I do wish thou were a dog, that I might love thee something.A most notable coward, an infinite and endless liar, an hourly promise breaker, the owner of no one good quality.Heaven truly knows that thou art false as hell.Thy sin’s not accidental, but a trade.I do desire that we may be better strangers.There’s small choice in rotten apples.Explore 40 common words and phrases Shakespeare invented. Find some great ways to slam your adversaries with these famous insults. Shakespeare invented, or at least, wrote down a lot of words and phrases that are still used today. Some of the best Shakespeare burns are reserved for the antagonists.
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