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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare Title Card
George Watsky as William Shakespeare
Character information
Birth name William Shakespeare
Nickname(s) The Bard of Avon
The Swan of Avon
Born c. April 23, 1564
Stratford-upon-Avon, England
Died April 23, 1616 (aged 52)
Stratford-upon-Avon, England
Physical description
Hair Brown
Eyes Brown/green
Based on
William Shakespeare Based On
Rap battle information
Appeared in Dr. Seuss vs Shakespeare
Vs Dr. Seuss
The Cat in the Hat
Things 1 & 2
Release date August 17, 2011
Official vote(s) 42% (Old poll from ERB Website)
Location(s) A light-blue background
The Bard is in the building. It's a castle, I'm a boss!
— William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare battled Dr. Seuss, the Cat in the Hat, and Things 1 & 2 in Dr. Seuss vs Shakespeare. He was portrayed by George Watsky.

Information on the rapper

William Shakespeare was born circa April 23rd, 1564, and baptized on April 26th, 1564, in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. He was an English poet, actor, and playwright. Shakespeare is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" after the town he was born and brought up in.

Shakespeare is known for writing some of the most famous works of literature in the history of the English language including over a hundred sonnets and famous plays such as, Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, Henry VIII, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. After his successful career in London, he retired to Stratford around 1613, where he died at the age of 52 on April 23rd, 1616, coincidentally, on his presumed birthday.

Shakespeare has been widely regarded as the greatest playwright of all time, and a master of the English language. His works have made a lasting impression on later theater and literature and have also played a role in the standardization of the English language with him having coined many common English words, expressions, and idioms. In particular, he expanded the dramatic potential of characterization, plot, language, and genre.

ERBoH Bio

'Tis I, the writer of plays most famous.

Thine words, convoluted, olde and heinous.

Iambic pentameter, my meter and time

Ten syllables a line, each ending in rhyme.

Thou callest me "the bard," ye best English poet!

Hamlet, Romeo, Othello, all die, my pen doth show it.

Performed at The Globe, thine own home theater,

Inventing new words, like "eyeball" and "cater."

One hundr'd fifty-four poems, in sonnet style,

Each a love letter doth scholars compile.

Thirty-eight plays, thoust comedy and drama,

Hark, 'tis I, the English language's original momma!

Lyrics

Verse 1:

Come bite my thumb! I hope you know the stakes!

I'll put a slug between your shoulder blades,

Then ask what light through yonder poser breaks?

I hath been iambic on that ass, ye bastard! My rhymes are classic!

Your crap is drafted by a kindergartner high on acid!

Ye hoebag. You're an old white Soulja Boy who has no swag,

And no gonads. Egads, it's so sad!

And to top it off, you're not a doctor.

I've never seen a softer author!

You crook, you. I bet you wrote the Twilight books, too!

Verse 2:

I'm switching up my style like the Beatles with my pieces.

Each is such a wonder with a plethora of features.

You're pathetically predictable.

You think your new book might include a trisyllabic meter

And some ghetto Muppet creatures.

The Bard is in the building. It's a castle, I'm a boss!

I bet I'm Parliament. I'm positive I'm killing it.

I'm iller than the plague I've never caught or cholera,

A baller baller, on some cricket bowler business

While you're sitting in the bleachers!

Scrapped lyrics:

Lyrically struct, I hope you know the stakes!


I just got iambic on that ass, you bastard! My rhymes are classic!


You hoebag. You're an old white Soulja Boy with no swag,

And no gonads. Oh dag, it's so sad!

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