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Shakespeare: The World as Stage

non-fiction work by Bill Bryson
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Summary

Shakespeare: The World as Stage is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (42 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shakespeare: The World as Stage authored The World as Stage — author (P50): Bill Bryson[3].
  • Shakespeare: The World as Stage's instance of is recorded as The World as Stage — instance of (P31): literary work[4].
  • Shakespeare: The World as Stage was published by The World as Stage — publisher (P123): HarperCollins[5].
  • Shakespeare: The World as Stage's genre is The World as Stage — genre (P136): non-fiction[6].
  • Shakespeare: The World as Stage's genre is The World as Stage — genre (P136): biography[7].
  • Shakespeare: The World as Stage's part of the series is recorded as The World as Stage — part of the series (P179): Eminent Lives[8].
  • Shakespeare: The World as Stage's language of work or name is recorded as The World as Stage — language of work or name (P407): English[9].
  • Shakespeare: The World as Stage's country of origin is recorded as The World as Stage — country of origin (P495): United States[10].
  • Shakespeare: The World as Stage was released on 2007[11].
  • Shakespeare: The World as Stage's title is recorded as Shakespeare[12].
  • Shakespeare: The World as Stage's subtitle is recorded as The World as Stage[13].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Prose[14]

  • MusicBrainz ID: b5347a75-cfe3-4e85-a025-add6f54931ff[15]

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Authorship and Creation

Shakespeare: The World as Stage authored The World as Stage — author (P50): Bill Bryson[3]. It was published by The World as Stage — publisher (P123): HarperCollins[5].

Publication

Shakespeare: The World as Stage was released on 2007[11]. Its language of work or name is recorded as The World as Stage — language of work or name (P407): English[9]. Genres include The World as Stage — genre (P136): non-fiction[6] and The World as Stage — genre (P136): biography[7]. Its part of the series is recorded as The World as Stage — part of the series (P179): Eminent Lives[8].

Subject and Themes

Shakespeare: The World as Stage's part of the series is recorded as The World as Stage — part of the series (P179): Eminent Lives[8].

Why It Matters

Shakespeare: The World as Stage ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (42 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

Bill Bryson

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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