• The required answer is - Queen Elizabeth I.
- William Shakespeare তার অধিকাংশ নাটক রচনা করেন Elizabethan Era তে, যখন ইংল্যান্ডের রানি ছিলেন Queen Elizabeth I (১৫৫৮–১৬০৩)। এই সময়কেই ইংরেজি নাট্যসাহিত্যের স্বর্ণযুগ বলা হয়। Shakespeare পরবর্তী সময়ে King James I এর শাসনামলেও কিছু নাটক রচনা করেন, তবে সেগুলোর সংখ্যা তুলনামূলকভাবে কম।
• William Shakespeare
- Born: April 26, 1564, Stratford-upon-Avon, England.
- Death: April 23, 1616, Stratford-upon-Avon.
- Shakespeare was also spelled Shakspere.
- Byname: Bard of Avon or Swan of Avon.
- He was an English poet, dramatist, and actor.
- He was often called the English national poet and considered by many to be the greatest dramatist of all time.
- Shakespeare wrote 37 Plays.
• Notable works:
• Tragedy
- Hamlet,
- Othello,
- King Lear,
- Macbeth,
- Titus Andronicus,
- Timons of Athens
- Antony and Cleopatra
- Coriolanus
- Romeo and Juliet, etc.
• Tragi-comedy
- The Merchant of Venice,
- The Winter's Tale,
- Cymbeline,
- Troilus and Cressida,
- Measure for Measure,
• Comedy
- As You Like It,
- The Tempest,
- Twelfth Night,
- Love's Labour's Lost,
- A Comedy of Errors,
- The Taming of the Shrew,
- Much Ado About Nothing,
- All's Well That Ends Well,
- A Midsummer Night's Dream,
- The Merry Wives of Windsor,
• Historical play
- Julius Caesar (Tragedy + Historical),
- Henry IV Part I,
- Henry IV Part II,
- Henry V,
- Henry VI Part I,
- Henry VI Part II,
- Henry VI Part III,
- Henry VIII,
- King John,
- Richard II,
- Richard III
Source: An ABC of English Literature Dr. M Mofizar Rahman, Britannica, Live MCQ English Essence.