This William Shakespeare resources page pulls together a selection of original research and articles by No Sweat Shakespeare – from information about the man himself, to modern English translations of his famous Sonnets. Stay a while and explore…

From fairest creatures we desire increase,
That thereby beauty’s rose might never die,
But as the riper should by time decrease,
His tender heir mught bear his memeory:
But thou, contracted to thine own bright eyes,
Feed’st thy light’st flame with self-substantial fuel,
Making a famine where abundance lies,
Thyself thy foe, to thy sweet self too cruel.
Thou that art now the world’s fresh ornament
And only herald to the gaudy spring,
Within thine own bud buriest thy content
And, tender churl, makest waste in niggarding.
Pity the world, or else this glutton be,
To eat the world’s due, by the grave and thee.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was a renowned English playwright, poet, and actor, known for his prolific output of plays, poems, and sonnets. He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon and spent his early years there, later moving to London to pursue a career in the theatre. He achieved significant success in London, becoming a partner in a leading acting company, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men (later the King’s Men), and a well-known actor and playwright. He retired to Stratford later in life, where he died in 1616