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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.
Shakespeare differed from many influential artists throughout history in that he found financial success in his lifetime. He performed his work before Queen Elizabeth as well as her successor, James I. Shakespeare's output was prolific; he is known to have written 37 plays and 154 sonnets. Among his better-known plays are such classics as A Midsummer Night's Dream, As You Like It, Othello, Hamlet, Macbeth, The Tempest, The Merchant of Venice, and of course Romeo and Juliet.