莎士比亚在30岁时已作为诗人而出名,但接着他却专心写剧本,没有再多写诗。当然,他写的都是诗剧,即剧的主要部分是用素体诗句构成,每行一般有五个抑扬格音步,行尾并不协韵。但剧本是要演出的,而莎士比亚显然更喜欢将作品直接拿给普通观众欣赏,他也喜欢并善于组织复杂的剧情和塑造千姿百态的人物。文艺复兴时期英国伦敦的环境有利于诗剧的产生和繁荣。女王、宫廷贵族和骑士、法律学生、各行业的学徒和广大的男女市民都喜欢看戏和听诗句朗诵以及语言游戏。出现了相互竞争的戏班子、剧院和演员。舞台是开放式的,三面围站着普通观众,台上台下亲切交流。莎士比亚共写了近40部戏,每年平均两部。喜剧有《皆大欢喜》、《第十二夜》、《无事生非》、《仲夏夜之梦》,悲剧有《哈姆莱特》、 Shakespeare was known as a poet at the age of 30, but then he devoted his time to writing the script and did not write more poems. Of course, he wrote poetic plays, that is, the main part of the play is composed of body verses, each line generally has five melodious steps, the end of the line does not rhyme. But the script is to be performed, and Shakespeare obviously prefers to give the work directly to ordinary audiences. He also likes and is good at organizing complex plots and shaping various characters. The environment of the Renaissance England and London during the Renaissance was conducive to the emergence and prosperity of poetic drama. Queens, court aristocrats and knights, law students, apprentices of various professions, and a large number of male and female citizens all like to play and listen to verse recitations and language games. There have been competing theaters, theaters and actors. The stage is open-ended, with regular audiences on three sides and intimate exchanges between Taiwan and Taiwan. Shakespeare wrote a total of nearly 40 plays, with an average of two each year. The comedies include “All Happiness,” “Twelfth Night,” “Nothing to blame,” “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” and the tragedy is “Hamlet.”