Thoughts
"We are such stuff As dreams are made on,
and our little life Is rounded with a sleep."
It is one of the Shakespeare's most famous quote.
It belongs to the play The Tempest (1612),
regarded as the most sincere and original Shakespeare's invention.
It is also the sum of his cumulative culture through the years
and, above all, of his theatre experience.
His magic, his art are the reflection on the author's art.
William Shakespeare, English playwright and poet
was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in April, 1564.
He did not stand out for his academic curriculum at all.
In fact, his studies were not enough for the requirements of his time.
His talent came from his ability to do something radically new of the old,
to which he injected new life.
His tendency to historical themes prevails,
although he mastered several genres.
It didn't matter if it was tragedy or comedy, drama or poetry.
Shakespeare wrote tragedies from the very beginning of his career.
The Roman tragedy Titus Andronicus was one of his earliest,
following Romeo and Juliet some years after.
However, the most acclaimed
were written in a period of seven years
between 1601 and 1608
Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth and Antony and Cleopatra.
In his later plays,
he develops the tragicomedy genre,
often with a happy ending,
in which after the tragedy, the chance of reconciliation is discerned.
Even though the tone of the plot is often burlesque,
other times a latent, tragic and troubling element can be found,
as in The Merchant of Venice.
Shakespeare died on April 23, 1616
"We are such stuff As dreams are made on,
and our little life Is rounded with a sleep."
Screenplay: Helena Chaves, Elena Rey
Edition: Roberto Valero