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What can be considered Shakespeare’s greatest play?

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Hamlet, the play voted Shakespeare's greatest in our survey of more than 300 actors, writers, directors and producers, is thought to have been written between 1599 and 1601, and the four-and-a-half hour epic beat King Lear and the lighter offering of A Midsummer's Night's Dream to the top spot
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Hamlet! "Hamlet is Shakespeare's greatest play because, while the play showcases the struggles of Danish royals, what Shakespeare has really written about are the core elements that drive all of us: grief, betrayal, love (or the lack thereof) and family.
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