This mail is just a test! please ignore this email William Shakespeare (<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptism>baptised <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_26>26 April <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1564>1564 died <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_23>23 April <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1616>1616) was an <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England>English <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poet>poet and <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playwright>playwright widely regarded as the greatest <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writer>writer of the <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language>English language, and as the world's preeminent dramatist.He wrote approximately 38 plays and 154 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonnet>sonnets, as well as a variety of other <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poem>poems. Already popular in his own lifetime, Shakespeare became more famous after his death and his work was adulated by many prominent cultural figures through the centuries. He is often considered to be <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England>England's <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_poet>national poet and is sometimes referred to as the "<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bard>Bard of <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratford-Upon-Avon>Avon" (or simply "The Bard") or the "Swan of Avon".