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I guess this depends some on what you mean by era.. In terms of simple dates, Shakespeare wrote most of his plays between 1589 and 1613. If you are talking about what literary era he was writing in, people tend to say that he was part of the English Renaissance. If you are asking about historical eras, most people associate Shakespeare with Elizabethan England.
The Renaissance in England coincided with the reign of Elizabeth I who was Queen of England and Ireland from 1558 until 1603, so it is often referred to as the Elizabethan period.hakespeare is the best known of all of the Elizabethan Playwrights. Other writers of the period include Thomas Kyd, Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, and John Webster.