WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

INTERESTING FACT #1

• Shakespeare was buried in the Holy Trinity Church
• He put a curse on anyone daring to move his body
• "Good friend for Jesus' sake forbear, To dig the dust enclosed here;
• Blest be the man that spares these stones, And crust be he
• That moves my bones"

FACT #2

• William Shakespeare originally was an actor ; being a writer wasn't the plan

FACT #3

• Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway when he was 18. She was 26
• She was pregnant when they married an was born six months after the wedding

FACT #4

• Shakespeare could really be spelled in 4 ways
• He never spelled his name the same way when he signed
• He spells it Shakespe; Shakspe; Shakspere and Shakespear.

FACT #5

• Shakespeare lived a double life
• In his home town Stratford where his family was he was known as a business man
• In London he was known as a play writer

FACT #6

• Abraham Lincoln was a great lover of Shakespeare’s plays and frequently recited them

FACT #7

• Although it was illegal to be a Catholic in Shakespeare’s lifetime he was

FACT #8

• His original grave marker showed him holding a bag of grain
• His hometown changed it to a quil

FACT #9

• All Uranus’ satellites are named after Shakespearean characters.

FACT #10

• No portrait of Shakespeare was every painted while he was alive.

CITATION SITES

• King,Warren "Shakespeare facts:30 interesting facts about William Shakespeare "
• Nosweatshakespeare.com.2004,accessed 1/27/2014.
• http://www.nosweatshakespeare.com