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    What is the most commonly used nickname for Shakespeare?

    Question #6542. Asked by Hollye. (Oct 01 00 4:34 PM)


    Luv2PlaGmz

    		'The Bard'

    Oct 01 00, 5:43 PM
    meals

    		Also 'The Bard of Avon', since Shakespeare came from Stratford-Upon-Avon (Avon's a river).

    Mar 11 02, 12:42 PM
    Calpurnia

    		Also, 'The Swan of Avon' or 'Sweet Swan of Avon'.

    Shakespeare is so called by Ben Jonson because his home was on the Avon. (Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable)

    Mar 11 02, 12:50 PM
    Jack Flash

    		The actor David Garrick, who excelled in Shakesperean parts at Drury Lane Theatre, London, felt intimate enough to nikname him 'Avonian Willie'. But as others have said 'Bard of Avon' is probably the best known nickname.

    Mar 11 02, 1:40 PM

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