Shakespeare was a great English playwright and poet during the Renaissance 400 years ago. He was born in 1564 and died in 16 16. He started writing at the age of 24. In just 20 years, he wrote 37 plays, 2 long poems and 154 sonnets, which left rich spiritual wealth for future generations. His plays are all famous masterpieces, which have been staged repeatedly in European countries for 400 years. In the past hundred years, it has been remake into a movie many times. In China, many of Shakespeare's plays are also household names. In memory of him, many countries issued stamps. The attached picture shows a stamp issued by Hungary 1964 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth.

Marx called Shakespeare "one of the greatest geniuses of mankind". Indeed, Shakespeare is very talented, eloquent, handsome and can act. However, his success is more due to his diligence. Shakespeare famously said, "People who give up time will also be given up by time". He cherishes time very much and never gives up any leisure. As a teenager, Shakespeare attended a local "literature school", which was very strict, so he received a lot of basic education. After six years in school, he managed to find time. He read thousands of literary books in the school library and recited a lot of wonderful dialogues in poems and plays.

Shakespeare loved drama since he was a child. He comes from a rich family, his father is the mayor, and he likes going to the theatre. He often invites some troupes to perform in the town. Every time, Shakespeare was fascinated. When there was no performance in town, he asked the children to imitate the characters and plots in the play. He also wrote, directed and acted some things that happened in the town, and showed extraordinary drama talent at an early age. Later, his father went bankrupt because of investment failure, and 13-year-old Shakespeare embarked on the road of making a living alone. He was a soldier, an apprentice, a bricklayer, a coolie, an aristocratic housekeeper and a rural teacher. In his hurry to support his family, he made a careful observation of various characters and recorded their conversations with great personality, which accumulated material for his later creation. Shakespeare came to London at the age of 22. The strong pursuit of drama led him to find a job as a janitor in a theater. At first, he just showed horses and cars to the dignitaries in the theater. After that, he used the tips he earned to pay some children to help him finish his work, but he still took time out to go to the theater to watch the performance. Slowly, Shakespeare began to play a walk-on and a supporting role. He is very happy about this, because it allows him to watch the actors' performances more closely on the stage. Later, Shakespeare became a "clue". Hiding in props, while doing his job well, he also took time to record his impression of each actor's performance. Just as Shakespeare became an official actor, the plague began to spread in Europe, thousands of people died and the theater was forced to close. The boss and the actors went out to avoid the plague, but Shakespeare chose to stay and guard the theater. During the two years of extreme economic depression, Shakespeare took time to read a lot of books, sorted out his notes in various periods, revised several plays, and began to write new plays. When Britain's economy recovered and performances flourished again, Shakespeare's plays became very popular and he became the most outstanding actor himself.

Shakespeare's success lies in that he knows how to cherish a little time to study, think and create. His plays originated from life and are higher than life. They are not only beautiful in words, rich in language and distinctive in characters, but also have a sense of rhythm in dialogue, which makes it easy for the audience to feel empathy from the heart.