British, born 1564 CE and raised in Stratford–on–Avon. Later professional venues include The Globe Theatre in Southwark, London.
Works include 38 plays, 154 sonnets, and assorted poetry.
His play The Merchant of Venice (c. 1597) has both severely anti–Semitic themes, and themes simpatico to the Jews. Its rabid themes were used by the Nazis for their demonization-of-the-Jews propaganda, and the work was broadcast all over German airwaves shortly after Kristallnact 1938.