He [[haku mele]] a he [[haku hana keaka]] [[Pelekane]] ‘o '''William Shakespeare''' (hānau [[26 ‘Apelila]] [[1564]] – make [[23 ‘Apelila]] [[1616]]). ‘Ike ‘ia ‘oia e nā po‘e i ka [[mea kākau]] nui loa ma ka [[‘ōlelo Pelekania]]. Kāna mau hana e ola ai e maupa‘a: 38 hana keaka, 154 sonnets, ame kekahi mau mele. Kapa ‘ia ‘o Shakespeare kō Pelekania haku mele ame ka "Bard of Avon." Ua unuhi ‘ia kāna mau hana keaka ma nā ‘ōlelo ola nui apau.
Ua hānau ʻia ‘o Shakespeare ma [[Stratford-upon-Avon]]. Ke 18 ona makahiki, male ‘oia iā [[Anne Hathaway]], aasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfas ‘ekolu keiki kā lākou: Suzanna, Hamnet ame Judith.
Mawaena o nā makahiki [[1585]] a [[1592]], ho‘omaka ‘oia he ‘oihana pono ma [[Lākana]]. Ma‘ō, he mea hana keaka a he mea kākau ‘oia. He ‘ona hapa ‘oia o ka ‘ahahui-hana keaka, ‘oia ho‘i, "Lord Chamberlain's Men" (loli ka inoa iā "King's Men"). Ua ho‘omaha loa ‘o Shakespeare iā [[Stratford]] ma ka makahiki [[1613]]. Make ‘oia mahope aku o ‘ekolu makahiki. Kaka‘ikahi nā mo‘olelo o kō Spakespeare ola pilikino. Nui ka mana'o wale ‘ana o kāna mau hana a kāna mau mana‘o.
Hana ‘o Shakespeare i ka hapa nui o kāna mau hana i ‘ike ‘ia ai mawaena o nā makahiki 1590 a 1613. Nui nā [[mo‘olelo]] ame nā [[mo‘olelo le‘ale‘a]] o kāna mau hana keaka mua. Ā laila, nui nā [[mea kaumaha loa]] ā ka makahiki 1608. I kēlā manawa, kākau ‘oia iā [[Hamlet]], [[King Lear]] ame [[Macbeth]].
Ua kākau ‘oia ‘ekolu ‘ano hana keaka: nā [[mo‘olelo]], nā [[mo‘olelo le‘ale‘a]], ame nā [[mea kaumaha loa]].
