Fascinating facts about William Shakespeare


	Fascinating facts about William Shakespeare

Aribeth

3-18-2008 12:34 PM

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Aribeth says:

The last one made me laugh

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3-18-2008 1:03 PM

abailart

And, of course, that his 'dark lady; was a boyfriend!

3-18-2008 3:22 PM

carrerinyes

Fascinating and funny!

3-18-2008 9:44 PM

syncopath

O God, I could be bounded in a nutshell and count myself a King of infinite space.
Hamlet

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Facts</FONT></FONT></FONT></B></CENTER>
<CENTER><B><FONT face="Verdana"><FONT color="#ffffff"><FONT size="-1">About
William Shakespeare</FONT></FONT></FONT></B></CENTER>
</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/xfacts.html"><FONT color="#000000">William
Shakespeare was born on April 23 and died on April 23, evidence indicates.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/xfacts.html"><FONT color="#000000">In
his will, Shakespeare left his wife his "second-best" bed. </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/xfacts.html"><FONT color="#000000">Shakespeare's
name may have meant "Shaker of Spears," indicating warrior ancestry</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/xfacts.html"><FONT color="#000000">Shakespeare
was said to have enjoyed playing the part of the ghost in <I>Hamlet</I>.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/xfacts.html"><FONT color="#000000">Shakespeare
was 17 or 18 when he married. His wife, Anne Hathaway, was 26. </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/xfacts.html"><FONT size="-1"><FONT face="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT color="#000000">Shakespeare's
original grave marker showed him holding a bag of grain. Citizens of Stratford
replaced the bag with a quill in 1747, perhaps in anticipation of the tourists
who would come to see the final resting place of the world's greatest wielder
or quills.</FONT></FONT> </FONT> 
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motto of the Globe Theatre was <I>totus mundus agit histrionem</I> (<I>all
the world's a stage</I>).</FONT></FONT></FONT> </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/xfacts.html">No
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