Shakespeare was the greatest playwright-humanist of England. That is why students of different academic institutions are frequently asked to write Shakespeare courseworks.
 
Shakespeare coursework can be written either on Shakespeare’s biography or on a student’s favorite play by Shakespeare (e.g. Hamlet coursework). If you have to write your Shakespeare courseworks on his biography, this article can be rather useful for you, since it provides all possible issues to be disclosed in your own Shakespeare coursework. It can also serve as a good and helpful outline for your Shakespeare coursework.

• General information on Shakespeare. This part of your Shakespeare coursework will present Shakespeare as one of the most outstanding writers of that epoch. You can also present a few theories about Shakespeare’s works, claiming that Shakespeare was not the author of his plays in reality, but somebody else wrote those plays for him;
• Shakespeare’s creative development. This part of your Shakespeare courseworks may be devoted to the presentation of the main stages of Shakespeare’s creative development. The titles of the books written in each of that stages are also worth mentioning in this part of your Shakespeare coursework;
• The problems touched upon in Shakespeare’s works. You can tell about the most significant plays by Shakespeare in this part of your Shakespeare coursework – “Romeo and Juliet” and “Hamlet”;

• The main characters of Shakespeare’s plays. The paragraph of your Shakespeare courseworks devoted to the main characters of his plays may describe them vividly, analyzing their inclination to philosophic speculations about the essence of life (“Hamlet”) and their abilities to love trustfully (“Romeo and Juliet”).

You may also express your personal attitude towards Shakespeare and his creations in your Shakespeare coursework. The key point is that your Shakespeare coursework should be well-structured and formatted.
 
You can also use Shakespeare’s biography as the topic of your English coursework.