He [[haku mele]] a he [[haku hana keaka]] [[Pelekane]] ‘o '''Will-i-am Shakespeare''' (hānau [[26 ‘Apelila]] [[1564]] – make [[23 ‘Apelila]] [[1616]]). ‘Ike ‘ia ‘oia‘o ia 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 apaua pau.
Ua hānau ʻia ‘o Shakespeare ma [[Stratford-upon-Avon]]. Ke 18 ona makahiki, male ‘oia‘o ia iā [[Anne Hathaway]], aasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfas ‘ekolu keiki kā lākou: Suzanna, Hamnet amea me Judith.
MawaenaMa waena o nā makahiki [[1585]] a [[1592]], ho‘omaka ‘oia‘o ia he ‘oihana pono ma [[Lākana]]. Ma‘ōMa ‘ō, he mea hana keaka a he mea kākau ‘oia‘o ia. He ‘ona hapa ‘oia‘o ia o ka ‘ahahui-hana keaka, ‘oia‘o ia 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‘o ia ma mahopehope 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 mawaenama waena 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‘o ia iā [[Hamlet]], [[King Lear]] ame [[Macbeth]].
Ua kākau ‘oia‘o ia ‘ekolu ‘ano hana keaka: nā [[mo‘olelo]], nā [[mo‘olelo le‘ale‘a]], amea me nā [[mea kaumaha loa]].
